The Minority Communities Achievement Service works in
partnership with schools, communities, clusters of schools,
parents, carers, other agencies, children and young people to
improve access to education and raise achievement of Minority
Ethnic and bilingual children and young people.
The Service has the following strategic functions:
- Monitor and evaluate the impact of provision
- Analysis of achievement in order to target resources
effectively and support the development of actions to tackle
underachievement
- Support and challenge to ensure continuous improvement of
service, intervening where appropriate
- Advice for children and young people
- Consultation and engagement with communities on LEA policy and
practice
- Support for community led and based provision
- Advise and support LEA staff involved in School Improvement
activities on national strategies and developments to raise
achievement
- Dissemination of effective practice and research to Clusters
Training and development for specialist staff
In addition the Service provides targeted action to improve
access to education and raise achievement of Traveller and Refugee
children and young people.
By working with Clusters the Strategic Service seeks to ensure
that the devolved Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant and the
totality of resources at school level are targeted effectively.
The Service leads on the implementation of the national strategy
'Aiming High' to raise achievement of children and young people of
multi-ethnic origin . Further information is available from:
emcas@kent.gov.uk