There are currently fifteen people working as
Bilingual Community Officers
( BCOs) working with the EMAS
(Ethnic Minority Achievement Service) team. They work
in different schools in Islington according to their needs and
are currently placed in: Grafton, Duncombe, Montem, Copenhagen,
St.Joseph's, Christ the King, Hugh Myddleton, Hungerford, Highbury
Quadrant, New North, Pooles Park, St Aloysius, EGA and Holloway.
BCOs ensure that parents are as involved as possible
in their children's education, both in school and at home. Their
work in primary schools also involves some home-language work
with pupils, and in secondary schools the BCOs have more of
a mentoring role.
