Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children

1) Since 2020, how many Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) under your care have been found to be adults (over the age of 18)? Of this figure, how many were removed from schools across the area?

2020 – No information available.

2021 – 7 assessed as over 18. None were at school.

2022 – 3 assessed as over 18. None were in school.

2023 – 1 assessed as over 18. Not in School.

2024 – 2 assessed as over 18. Not in School.

2025 – 1 assessed as over 18. Not in School.

2026 – 0

2) Since 2020, how many Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (those under the age of 18) have been expelled and/or suspended from schools across the area due to poor behaviour – assaults, disruptive in class etc.

Please provide the figures year by year for ease of comparison.

One UASC recorded with one suspension, this academic year.

Nil UASC recorded as having suspensions or exclusions for the previous academic years.