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Information for Asylum Seekers and Refugees

Slough & Langley College is committed to being a place of welcome for all learners, including those from refugee or asylum-seeking backgrounds. We strive to overcome barriers to access and ensure learners from sanctuary seeking backgrounds can thrive alongside their peers.

 

An asylum seeker is someone who has applied for asylum in a country other than their own and is waiting for a decision on their refugee status claim.

 

Adults
Asylum seekers can study at Slough & Langley college if it’s been more than six months since they submitted their asylum claim and the Home Office has not made a decision.

 

Young Learners
Asylum seekers and refugee pupils aged 16-18 have the same right to full-time education or training as other pupils in England.

City of Sanctuary Supporting Organisation

We support the ‘City of Sanctuary’ vision that the UK will be a welcoming place of safety for all and proud to offer sanctuary to people fleeing violence and persecution.

We endorse the City of Sanctuary Charter, and agree to act in accordance with City of Sanctuary values and apply the network principles within our work (as far as our specific context enables us to.

We recognise the contribution of people seeking sanctuary. People seeking sanctuary are welcomed, included and supported within our context.

 

Documentation

To study in the UK as an asylum seeker, you’ll need to provide the following documentation:

Proof of residency
An Asylum Application Registration Card (ARC) or Biometric Residence Permit (BRP). If you don’t have an ARC, you can provide a photographic ID and Home Office documents that show your asylum application is being processed, such as a Section 20 (if you’re a child looked after) or a Section 95.

Example of an ID card:

Bursaries

Bursaries are available for learners who are:

  • A Child Looked After- a Section 20 will be needed to be eligible
  • Receive financial and housing support- A Section 95 will be needed
  • Living independently (16-18) or on income support- The past 3 month statements of Universal Credit

Staff Members

For further information about assessments and enrolments please email:

“ESOL Enquiries” esol.enquiries@windsor-forest.ac.uk or  admissions@windsor-forest.ac.uk

Within the ESOL department, they have Pastoral Support Tutors that help students with individualised support and challenges which will stretch their potential to the full.

Adults– daljeet.sall@windsor-forest.ac.uk

Young Learners-

Designated Teacher– taryn.cole@windsor-forest.ac.uk

Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children PST– farah.robertson@windsor-forest.ac.uk

ESOL PST– Barbara.mcmillan@windsor-forest.ac.uk