Reframing Assessment for Multilingual Classrooms
Saturday, 22nd November 2025
Two parallel formats
An in-person conference in Leeds. Cloth Hall Court, University of Leeds. Quebec St, Leeds LS1 2HA
An online conference where attendees will also be able to view in-person keynote speakers and enjoy online interactive presentations
Tickets
Registration deadlines
In-person: Friday, 8th November 2025
Online: Friday, 21st November 2025
Sponsor and Exhibitors
Platinum Sponsor & Exhibitor: Password
Developed by world-leading experts in English language assessment, CRELLA, Password tests are used by schools, in the UK and internationally, to evaluate their multilingual students’ ability to access mainstream curricula delivered in English. Research shows that proficiency in English is pivotal to attainment in learners with EAL and the key predictor of their educational outcomes. Password’s Pupil English tests evaluate language proficiency within the social and academic context of the school. They are aligned to an internationally recognised standard which values plurilingualism and encourages learners to exploit all their linguistic resources to make progress – the CEFR. Password results provide vital contextual information to interpret other school assessment data, or to establish a baseline proficiency in English descriptor from which to plan support and track progress. Our user-friendly platform, gives schools easy access to accurate, reliable and speedy results, using secure online tests operated under their own control and school brand.
Gold Sponsor & Exhibitor: Across Cultures
Across Cultures offers a world-renowned service that partners with teachers to share the knowledge, skills and resources needed to successfully support their language learners with EAL, low-level literacy and SEND needs within the demands of an evolving world.
Services include:
- Learning Village, a blended EAL vocabulary, language structure and reading programme for new to English and low-level literacy learners from 6-11 and 12-16 years old.
- Community Village, which offers English learning for school community engagement. Designed for multilingual families of EAL learners.
- AssessEP, an English Proficiency tool to understand a learner’s current English proficiency performance and provide ongoing feedback on progress.
- EAL Framework Process, which aims to provide teachers with the skills and resources needed to successfully support language learners within the demands of the curriculum and of a multilingual world.
- A complimentary EAL professional development service
- Consultancy
Gold Sponsor & Exhibitor: Twinkl EAL
At Twinkl EAL, we celebrate multilingualism and foster inclusivity with expertly crafted resources. With over 50 years of combined experience in EAL teaching and leadership, our team ensures that users of EAL at all proficiency levels feel supported in their learning journey. Build an enriching curriculum and support mainstream lessons with resources you can count on – accessible for all.
Versatile Content – Dual-language, translated resources, and effective scaffolding.
Easy to Teach – Tasks blend effortlessly with lessons.
Open Doors – Create welcoming environments that help learners reach their potential.
Over 22 Languages – Broad, diverse, and regularly updated.
Tried and Tested – Affordable, accessible, crafted by experienced EAL specialists.
Educators around the globe can build confidence and skills through podcasts, online CPD, networking meetings, and a supportive social community – empowering your EAL learners to thrive and succeed in their educational experiences.
Exhibitor: Library 4 Multilinguals
Literacy is what allows children to not only learn more and get indulged into captivating stories, but it is the tool that helps them truly connects with their heritage. Library 4 Multilinguals Ltd supports children and the adults in their lives to develop literacy in home languages in a fun, engaging, and purposeful way.
Our publications include:
Book for parents: “The Parents’ Guide to Raising Multi-literate Children”
Books for pre-teens and teens: “In Search of the Lost Words – A Bilingual Time Travel Adventure”, “My Multilingual Diary” and “How to Become a Multilingual Superhero”.
School author visit:
Invite Yoshito Darmon-Shimamori to your school for a visit, where he will share with your students the incredible benefits languages and cultures can bring into their lives. He will also help students discover their multilingual superpowers. This author visit package comes with workshops for parents and teachers, as well as many resources to explore multilingualism and multiculturalism in a fun way!
Exhibitor: Global Community Schools
We’ll tell you ours, if you tell us yours! What’re your top ingredients for transformative multilingual schooling? We’re selling our inspiration for free in an ideas exchange. We’re looking for achievable, impactful, sustainable actions, large or small, that celebrate, engage, achieve academic success and build cohesive diverse communities for the future.
How do you celebrate heritage languages and cultures?
Can you improve attendance?
Do you identify learning needs on admission?
Perhaps you have incredible oracy strategies?
Do you close reading fluency gaps promptly with age-appropriate materials?
Can you give confidence to families to help their children to read?
Bring a photo, share a website, scribble a note!
Ideas and enthusiasm are free. Most resources will also be free by email, or you can take photos. If you choose to purchase any printed resources, at least 50% of our profit will go to the Malala Fund. Here’s one of our freebie favourites: try searching for ‘Unite for Literacy’. From the authors of CGP’s EAL Workbooks and FastTrack 14 Phonics, available on Amazon