We support schools to meet the needs of children from Traveller backgrounds (including Gypsy, Roma, Travellers of Irish Heritage, Showmen, Circus and Occupational Travellers). We can offer support with:
- admission into school, links with parents, carers and communities, advice and direction on settling in, induction and transition
- short-term intervention programmes, which can include in-class support
- individualised transition programmes for Traveller pupils from primary to secondary
- developing inclusive approaches, fostering positive relationships and planning curriculum opportunities to value and promote Traveller culture
- catch-up teaching onsite
- raising awareness of Traveller cultures and history
- anti-racism CPD for school staff and workshops for pupils
Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Showmen Awareness eLearning course
Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Showmen awareness training
Target audience: Community professionals and groups
Designed to increase awareness and develop respect and understanding of these communities, the training not only focuses on legislation, but looks at common misconceptions, stigma, stereotyping and myths around these communities to improve understanding. We also look at effective, practical approaches to working positively with these communities.
This training session will help give you a better understanding of:
- Brief history and cultural awareness of travelling communities
- Stereotypes and misconceptions
- Challenges including: education, health and planning
- Practical approaches to working with the communities
To book training please email: Ellen Tout, Gypsy, Roma, Traveller & Showmen Advisory Teacher
Future focus workshops (fully funded in-school workshops for children)
Do you have children from a Gypsy, Roma, Traveller or Showmen background who would benefit from discussing their future aspirations and be inspired to stay in education?
Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller children are more likely to be not accessing education, in employment, or training at 16 years of age. One in five Traveller children felt they had to leave school due to bullying and two thirds of those surveyed felt they experience bullying from their teachers (Traveller Movement, 2020). Forty-one percent of Traveller children wanted to stay in school for longer but were taken out because of bullying, family reasons, or because of a lack of support from their school (SEN) (Traveller Movement ,2020). Gypsies and Travellers are ten times less likely to go to university than their peers (Kings College, 2017)
Aimed at upper KS2 and KS3, this fully funded 1 hour workshop will help children think about how they can use their skills in the future and encourage them to continue with their education:
- What are our future opportunities?
- How can we overcome barriers to our future opportunities?
- Inspirational people and the barriers they overcame.
- What skills we might need for our future.
- How to prepare for the future.
- Routes into careers.
Subject to availability and the workshop must include at least one child from the Traveller communities.
Contact us for more information
Resources
- Gypsy, Roma, Traveller and Showmen’s Experiences of Education – Understanding Traveller’s experiences of primary and secondary education (Report 2022)
- GRT Everyday Racism
- Guide to Roma
- Supporting Roma Voices – University of Salford (2016)
- NATT Roma resources
- Moving forward together raising Gypsy, Roma and Traveller achievement (National Strategies) Book 1
- Moving forward together raising Gypsy, Roma and Traveller achievement – teaching and learning (National Strategies) Book 3
- Moving forward together raising Gypsy, Roma and Traveller achievement – Engagement with parents, carers and wider community (National Strategies) Book 4
- Gypsy, Roma, Traveller pupils: improving educational outcomes
- The Traveller Times – online FAQ pack
Useful links
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- Making sense of the Census 2021 for the outcomes and experiences of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller people June 2023
- Gypsies’ and Travellers’ lived experiences, education and employment, England and Wales: 2022
- Improving outcomes for GRT pupils – DfE research
- Gypsy or Irish Traveller populations, England and Wales – Office for National Statistics
- Finding a new home – Exeter City Council
- Gypsies and Travellers – Mid Devon District Council
- Gypsies and Travellers – Teignbridge District Council
- Gypsies and Travellers – North Devon Council
- Information for families in Devon