EYFS EAL / Multilingual Learners Assessment Toolkit

EYFS EAL / Multilingual Learners Assessment Toolkit

A practical termly assessment for tracking, supporting, and accelerating language development using the Bell Foundation Framework

This EYFS EAL Assessment Toolkit is designed for in-school, practical use and provides everything you need to assess, track, and support Early Years pupils who are learning English as an additional language. Using the Bell Foundation EAL Framework, teachers can easily identify each learner’s stage of proficiency across speaking, listening, reading and writing, and record progress each term with clear, teacher-friendly scoring sheets.

The toolkit enables you to assess pupils directly during lessons, manage and interpret data quickly, and plan targeted interventions that meet your learners’ needs. With consistent termly use, schools typically see a 30–40% increase in English proficiency, as pupils receive structured support that strengthens language development and overall attainment.

This resource gives EYFS teams a simple but highly effective system to:

• Assess pupils against the Bell Foundation EAL proficiency scales
• Identify strengths and priority areas for development
• Track progress clearly across the academic year
• Plan interventions that directly support language acquisition
• Strengthen outcomes in speaking, listening, reading and writing

Created specifically for Early Years settings, this assessment is ideal for class teachers, EAL leads, multilingual coordinators, intervention staff and SEN/EAL support teams seeking a reliable tool to monitor pupils’ language development and accelerate progress.
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