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  2. NELI Intervention and NELI Training - FAQ - NELI Whole Class - NELI Preschool
  3. NELI - the Nuffield Early Learning Intervention

NELI - the Nuffield Early Learning Intervention

  • What is NELI? Who is it for?
  • Why focus on oral language skills and why NELI?
  • What is the evidence that shows NELI could work for my pupils?
  • We are new to NELI, how do we sign-up for the programme?
  • Is there DfE funding for the NELI programme?
  • Can schools use their catch-up premium to pay for staff time to deliver NELI?
  • What are the NELI sessions like and how are they structured?
  • How much time does NELI take to deliver?
  • What is the NELI programme timeline?
  • Can we deliver more NELI sessions each week to finish the intervention in less than 20 weeks?
  • How does NELI fit in with my phonics programmes, will it conflict?
  • What is the NELI Resource Kit?
  • How do we work out how many NELI kits we might need?
  • What other resources are needed to deliver NELI effectively?
  • Which staff are involved in NELI?
  • Can two members of staff share delivery of NELI?
  • Who should we nominate as our NELI lead? What is their role?
  • How can NELI be best used to meet different children’s needs?
  • Is there a Quick Guide to starting the NELI programme?
  • We are about to start delivering the NELI intervention. What are our first steps?
  • We won't be able to complete all 20 weeks of the NELI before the end of the summer term. What do we do?
  • Due to staff or pupil absences, we’ve missed a few NELI sessions, what is best to do next?
  • Our member of staff delivering the programme is absent for several weeks, can we pause the programme?
  • A pupil in our NELI group has been absent, should they join the next group session? How do I catch them up?
  • How do we nominate a new NELI lead for our school?
  • Can the NELI sessions be delivered remotely?
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