[4] Abbey College Cambridge opened in 1994 and moved to purpose-built premises in 2016.

[6] Providing A Level and GCSE education since 1990, Abbey College Manchester[7] also includes International Foundation Programme pathways in Business, Science, Engineering, Humanities and Creative Arts.

There are three major faculties within the college – Science and Mathematics, Arts and Humanities, and Languages and International Studies.

[11] In total, 21 or 27 Vietnamese students, all girls, had disappeared from a number of independent schools and colleges.

"Some of them are 14-15, can barely speak the language, live with strangers and often the courses they are enrolled on are completely unsuitable," one former staff member said.