Minority Ethnic Curriculum Support Service (MECSS)
MECSS supports schools in raising the achievement of minority ethnic
pupils, delivering race
equality and responding effectively to diversity. MECSS works closely
with national strategy and
advisory teams. It administers the devolution of the Ethnic Minority Achievement
Grant (EMAG) and supports schools in its use. It supports complementary
and supplementary provision and
has links with minority ethnic communities and organisations.
MECSS assists schools in making effective provision for bilingual pupils
learning English as
an additional language (EAL) and for African Caribbean, traveller, asylum-seeking
and
refugee pupils. It provides a range of school-based specialist support,
advice and consultancy,
and CPD activities.
Schools in receipt of EMAG may choose to use the grant to access a buy-back
service from
MECSS. These schools may also be able to access some centrally funded
services from
MECSS. For other schools, most services are centrally funded. For further
information about
whether a request for MECSS support would be centrally funded or traded
please contact us.
MECSS also operates the Interpreting and Translation Service for CSF. This service provides
interpreters for face to face meetings and facilitates the translation of documents into a range
of community languages. The service currently has over 400 individuals registered to provide
this service.
Traded services
- A range of courses and conferences held throughout
the year, as advertised in the termly
SSE CPD programme and on the Hertfordshire Grid for Learning website
- Organisation and administration of school/cluster meetings
- Consultancy
services to meet schools’ needs on race equality,
curriculum diversity and
community participation
- Specialist teaching, teaching assistant
(including bilingual) and mentoring support for
minority ethnic pupils
- School-based CPD activities
Centrally funded services
- Traveller education support
- African Caribbean pupil achievement
- Family learning support
- Support for asylum-seeking and refugee
pupils
- Specialist teaching, teaching assistant (including bilingual)
and mentoring support for
minority ethnic pupils
- Consultancy services to meet schools’ needs
on race equality and minority ethnic
pupil achievement
- Developing links with complementary and supplementary
education schools/classes
- Supporting extended schools
- Interpreting and translation service
For more information please contact the MECSS team on 01438 844752 or
visit
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