Our Ethnic Minority Achievement team includes a GRT school mentor.  Their work involves:

• promoting access to education for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils (GRT) - offering, encouraging and supporting admission to local schools 
• providing advice to schools, EY settings and families on accessing education
• enabling GRT pupils to attain their full potential 
• promoting awareness of this minority group - reflecting GRT culture positively in settings

Gypsy, Roma and Travellers (GRT) are:

• housed, sited and mobile Gypsies
• travellers
• Irish travellers - holding ethnic minority status
• Roma
• fairground, and circus families
• barge families - living on waterways
• new travellers

Resources

The following resources may be useful for schools welcoming GRT pupils and families into their communities: 

• Early years building future - developing trust
• Moving Forward Together - book 1, book 2, book 3 and book 4

Moving Forward Together is a set of guidance materials produced by the Department for Education.