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AcknowledgementsWe would like to thank the Institute of Education, Cambridge University, forfunding teachers release to be involved in this initiative, also to colleagues at theInstitute who have supported our work in the drafting stage.We extend our thanks to Karen Lewis, for her helpful feedback on early draftchapters, and also to Pauline Mason, for her support throughout the initiative andparticularly in the preparation of the final manuscript.We thank the following schools, organisations and support services forenabling the initiative to go ahead, and to staff and students for their contributionto the work described: Language and Curriculum Access Service, London Borough of Enfield Language and Curriculum Support Service, South West Herts Language Support Service, London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Learning Support Service, London Borough of Barnet Queen Elizabeths Girls School, Barnet Minority Ethnic Curriculum Support Service, Education Department,Hertfordshire Saffron Walden County High School, Essex Thurston Upper School, Suffolk Unesco International Teacher Education Project Special Needs in theClassroom Uplands Middle School Walton Junior School Watford Girls Grammar School Wheatcroft JMI School, Hertford.