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I have several 'new arrivals' from Eastern Europe in my Year 6 class and suspect two may have special needs. It's hard to tell when their English is slight, and our EAL service thinks it's just a case of waiting for language skills to catch up. I'm not so sure - are there any tests that would help?

Theresa Smith, Special educational needs co-ordinators (SENCO)

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