Manchester City Council

Traded Services is a responsive, demand driven supplier of educational support services. We are set up to manage the tricky balance between the commercial requirement to generate income to cover our costs and the need to develop and maintain products and services that schools and other clients want to buy.

Our guiding principles

• We do not operate to make a profit from Manchester schools
• We will strive to meet and surpass customer expectations in service delivery
• We are passionate about providing a portfolio of high quality, innovative products and services
• We will develop a team to deliver on our promises and provide measurable, positive outcomes for Manchester children
• We will develop professional relationships where we are seen as a valued partner and supplier, delivering real value for money.

Downloads

Product Brochure 2009 -10
Training Catalogue 2009 - 10
Booking Form
Recruitment Event Booking Form
Educational Psychology Service Referral Form 2010 

Working Creatively with Trauma Conference information

Our products and services

• Learning and Behaviour
• Attendance Support
• Leadership and Curriculum Support
• Ethnic Minority Achievement 
• Educational Psychology
• Creative Arts
• Outdoor Education

Full details of our training is available on the MEWAN website.  Click this link to go straight there - www.mewan.net/tradedservices

Contact

Tel: 0161 219 6841 
Fax: 0161 274 7242
Email: g.deakin@manchester.gov.uk

ETHNIC MINORITY ACHIEVEMENT TEAM

WHO WE ARE:

We are a team of specialist teachers and teaching assistants who are qualified and experienced in the area of Ethnic Minority Achievement. Our expertise covers whole school strategies to individual pupil and family support. Most of the team are bilingual. There is also a large pool of Language Support Assistants who work on a casual basis and can be commissioned to support children in a range of languages.

WHAT WE DO:

We can offer consultancies to support schools in raising the attainment of ethnic minority pupils. This includes:

• Strategic planning for EMA
• School audits
• Coaching and mentoring for staff
• Bilingual support for groups and individual pupils
• Bespoke continuing professional development for school staff.

OUR SERVICES:

Language Support Assistants

We have 24 Language Support Assistants (LSA) covering a wide range of languages. They can support children with little English and work with staff and families to assist induction of new children or help those you may have concerns with.

Cost £16 per hour. (Minimum 2 hours per session)

Tel:- 0161 219 6784 (EMA TEAM) or email/ fax back sheet with details or request.  Order form can be found in linked documents below.

EMA Partnership Scheme

A value for money scheme designed so that schools can focus on their areas for improvement. You receive:

• Annual EMA school audit and action plan
• Six hours consultancy (to use as you wish)
• Free places on EMA training courses (6 half days)
• Free places at EMA network meetings
• Free place on our Annual Conference
• One Free First Language Assessment
• Free EMA resources .
• Priority booking on all training
• 10% discount on all additional training places

Fee: £1200 per academic year.

EMA Training Programme

Our training programme can be downloaded from this web site or by phoning the EMA team - 0161 219 6784

Programmes of Support

A copy of our Programmes of Support can be downloaded from this web site or obtained by phoning the EMA team

If the support you are looking for is not listed, please contact us to discuss our bespoke services Joe Flynn - 0161 219 6784 (j.flynn@manchester.gov.uk)