Re your article (Teenage asylum seekers arriving after start of school year in ‘no man’s land’, report says, 23 September), schools are reluctant to accept refugees aged 15-17 because they have limited provision and resources to support them.
Most teens who come from school to our young Esol (English for speakers of other languages) study programme at Barnet Southgate College in north London have had a limited education in year 10 and year 11, and have mostly had to muddle along with their peers who are preparing for GCSEs. They would fare much better in a dedicated 14-16 young Esol class such as those offered to 16-plus students at further education colleges.
