The Refugee Home-School Support Project was established in 2004 to improve and increase refugee children’s access to learning opportunities and experiences so that they are able to develop their full potential to achieve and participate.
We provide services including: volunteer learning mentors and family mentors, home-school liaison, homework and activities club, summer schemes, educational casework, one-to-one classroom support for secondary school pupils, cultural and educational trips, residential family breaks, and workshops for parents.
Casework and Liason with Schools and Partners
We undertake home visits to support families access to education and overcome barriers preventing them from engaging with their children’s schooling, and participate more fully. We have maintained strong relationships with local schools to ensure that we work together to achieve better outcomes for refugee families. We work in close partnership with organisations such as Klevis Kola Foundation, Merton and Wandsworth Asylum Welcome, and Streatham Drop-in Centre.
Secondary School Classroom Support
This is the newest strand of our work, and began in January 2011 when we recruited Laura, who provides basic skills training to five students at Southfields Community College, and Ahmed, who provides bilingual (Somali) parallel teaching in maths to five students at Battersea Park School. This intensive work with students is proving to be incredibly successful and we have already seen jumps in progress that teachers tell us is specifically due to our interventions. The project will run for three years, and will be carefully evaluated so that good practice can be shared.
More information can be found on the Refugee Home-School Project website.
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