Diane Embley

Team leader
Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service
diane.embley@northtyneside.gov.uk

Diane is a qualified teacher with a postgraduate qualification in early years and a National Professional Qualification in Integrated Centre Leadership (NPQICL).

She has extensive teaching experience in primary schools, including foundation stage and key stages 1 and 2. For several years she worked as part of a leadership team in Children’s Centres and childcare settings, providing information, advice, support and guidance to a range of multi-agency professionals which included the delivery of training to meet identified needs.

She is currently the team lead for EMTAS whose focus is to work with pupils, families and class teachers and other school staff to ensure that pupils become functionally self-sufficient in speaking, listening, reading, and writing English, removing barriers to accessing the wider curriculum.

She is passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and English as an additional language (EAL) and their families. She offers high quality training in strategies supporting EAL learners, is a SCITT lecturer and convenor of the North East Regional Interest Group.

Articles by Diane Embley

Embracing Inclusivity: The School of Sanctuary Award

By Diane Embley

In a world often fraught with division and discord, the concept of sanctuary holds a profound significance. It evokes notions…

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Activating Prior Learning for EAL Children

By Diane Embley

Recognising and activating prior learning in English as an Additional Language (EAL) children is essential for their academic success. This…

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EAL conference. ‘Celebrating Difference, Thinking Differently’

By Diane Embley

Introduction The North East EAL Partnership (NEEP) consists of EMTAS teams from seven local authorities passionate about supporting EAL learners…

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Myth Busters – Asylum Seekers

By Diane Embley

Talking about the asylum process can be tough. Entrenched political policy and the divisive nature of culture wars can mean…

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The Benefits of Community Engagement

By Diane Embley
Members of the EMTAS Team photographed in the decorated selfie frame. The frame is covered in world flags.

        This week we had the pleasure of supporting a wonderful community event at Wallsend St Peters…

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