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The Department for Children, Schools and Families (now the Department for Education) launched the New Arrivals Excellence Programme: Primary and Secondary National Strategies.
Visit the Department for Education's current information for new arrivals
The National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum (NALDIC) offers information about bilingualism and community language learning, as well as the learning of English, and discusses the contribution of supplementary or complementary schools.
National Association for Language Development in the Curriculum (NALDIC)
Many local authorities produce guidance and resources to support the teaching of newly arrived communities.
List of local authorities in England
The Kensington and Chelsea Language Development Servicehas produced a wide range of resources for newly-arrived learners, including a DVD introducing the English school system. the DVD is in Arabic, English, Farsi and Somali, with a silent track for colleagues to provide commentaries in other languages as required, and a course for young people aged 14 to 16. (Supplementary school leaders were members of an advisory group supporting the Service.)
You can find an overview of curriculum initiatives led by the Language Development Service and download useful documents that cover admission, induction and orientation procedures, and curriculum courses for newly arrived learners of English.