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.
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 are available for learners who are:
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
