Supporting GRT Education

Contacts:

Carole Vernon - Acting Principal Education Welfare Officer

Or email grteducationadmin@wokingham.gov.uk

Aims:

• Access to education for Gypsy Roma Traveller children
• Promote regular attendance

We are currently able to offer:

Support and advice are usually given in one or more of the following ways:

• Signposting to relevant departments 
• Support with school admission applications
• Support with school transport applications

Traveller children who get extra support

The regulations setting out which Gypsy Roma Traveller children may get extra support, identify as the following:

• Gypsy Roma Traveller pupils living on sites
• Gypsy Roma Traveller pupils who are housed
• Gypsy Roma Traveller families living on the roadside
• Fairground and Circus Travellers
• New Travellers
• Boat Dwellers

Partners in our work

We work with all relevant agencies to provide a coherent service for schools, the Local Authority and Gypsy Roma Traveller children and families. In particular, we work with:

• Education Welfare Services
• Admissions 
• School Transport Services
• Children's Services
• Early Help 

General information

Improving Education Outcomes for GRT

NATT Best Practice Guidance for Schools Working with Roma Children and Families

Teaching resources

Case Studies

• Ethnic Minority Achievement: Early Years
• Ethnic Minority Achievement: Year 6 Writing
• Raising Achievement
• Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Achievement

Weblinks

Travellers' Times Magazine: http://www.travellerstimes.org.uk/