life chances. EMTAS aims to raise the educational attainment of our ethnic minority pupils by providing support and advice to:  Children with English as an additional language (EAL).  Traveller children.  New arrivals to the city.  Young people from Liverpool's Black British community through the Black Achievement Project.  Parents and carers who may be unfamiliar with the English education system. How EMTAS has helped pupils  The EMTAS Community Languages Project supports GCSE and A Levels in Mother tongue subjects. 225 pupils are currently engaged in classes with 97 entered at GCSE level and 33 at A Level in 2012 (Arabic, Bengali, Somali, Chinese and Polish). In 2012 students achieved:  Arabic GCSE 97% A*-C grades (76% with A Grades)  Bengali GCSE 9 Students, all achieved A*-C  Chinese GCSE 16 students – 13 achieved A* Grades, 3 achieved A Grades  Polish GCSE 17 Students, 11 achieved A* Grades and 6 achieved A Grades  21 Somali pupils passed Asset Language Ladder Qualification Vulnerable BRM groups Underperfoming groups supported by EMTAS have displayed excellent progress. For example, the three year trend 2009-2011 for the Somali group at 5+ A*-C GCSE grades in 55%-69%-76% and for the Yemeni group 57%-74%-83%.