Education
Welcoming and supporting refugee children: Information for schools
The guidance aims to support schools to welcome and settle refugee children to help them feel safe and contained, make progress and begin to thrive
09 November 2021
BPS GuidanceThe following document has been produced by the Division of Educational Psychology (DECP).
The first task for a school planning to receive refugee children will be to develop a culture and context that will enhance the refugees’ resilience by helping them feel safe, and start to develop a sense of belonging in the school and wider community, this is an essential prerequisite to formal learning.
Schools and the adults working in them all play a key role in providing a safe and stable environment for refugee children in which they can develop, flourish and learn.