Bilingual Education Alliance (England) – BEA
Bilingual Education Alliance (BEA) is a professional network of leaders of bilingual schools, academics and policymakers to share best practices around bilingual education, including pedagogy, operations and funding.
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It promotes and disseminates insights to families and communities as well education professionals on the benefits of bilingual education; and engages with government and other relevant bodies on bilingual/multilingual education in England.
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It supports the broader advancement of foreign language teaching and learning; and advocates for education underpinned by the linguistic and cultural backgrounds of families and communities.
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BEA is open to any full-time schools operating in England with a bilingual or multilingual curriculum in any combination of languages.
BEA operates as a professional voluntary network.
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Governance. General management and strategic leadership is set by the board members, who are approved on application each year. All members contribution to the BEA’s activities.
Team
Maria
Gavrilova
Headteacher,
founder, AZBUKA Russian-English bilingual school
Simon
King
Headteacher,
Spanish-English Bilingual school
​Francesca Nelson-Smith
Governor,
SIAL School,
English-Italian
bilingual school
Ines Saltalamacchia
Head Teacher,
SIAL School,
English-Italian
bilingual school
Bunmi Richards
Headteacher
Shaftesbury Park Primary School
Jo
Wallace
Principal,
Kensington Wade, Chinese-English bilingual school
Patrick
Murphy
Deputy Headteacher, Judith Kerr Primary, English-German bilingual school
Andrew
Jack
Global
Education Editor,
The Financial Times
Dr Vally
Lytra
Reader in Languages in Education
PGR Convener, Educational Studies
Head of MPhil/PhD Education
Goldsmiths, University of London
Dr Effrosyni Argyri
Lecturer at the UCL Institute of Education, Centre for Applied Linguistics
UCL Institute of Education