Claims adult male asylum seekers are being taught at Greater Manchester school rubbished

Claims adult male asylum seekers are attending a Greater Manchester school have been rubbished. A video containing allegations that men from a nearby hotel, which began housing asylum seekers last year, are attending the secondary school, has been shared online.

There are claims men have behaved inappropriately towards female pupils, 'asking sexual questions'; have pretended to be of school age; and have threatened male pupils. One parent who contacted the Manchester Evening News said that after seeing the video - and other videos shared from within the school itself - she and others kept their children out of lessons.

She accused the school of failing to address the claims. The M.E.N. understands the allegations are false and that the school has reassured parents there are no adult males attending.

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Images of men included in the video are not students at the school in question - or any other - the M.E.N. has learned. A person pictured in the video is a child, not a man, as the video claims.

The M.E.N. has taken the decision not to identify the school, nor the hotel. Documents show the venue began housing asylum seeker families and single women last summer. Around 280 were present and more were expected.

Minutes from a meeting to discuss primary care in the borough in September detail 'an expected increased demand on services' and show the level of support needed for residents, with the allocation of a clinical room in the hotel to be shared by medical teams including GPs, a practice nurse and health visitors.

A spokesperson for the Home Office said age assessments of asylum seekers are 'initially conducted by immigration