Traveller resources and links

Useful publications

Hampshire EMTAS (2009) - Guidance for Schools with Traveller pupils  625kb

Websites

Travellers Times Online: www.travellerstimes.org.uk/

The Showmens Guild: www.showmensguild.com

All the Fun of the Fair: www.fun-fairs.co.uk

DCSF and OFSTED publications

DCSF (2009) - Moving forward together: Raising Gypsy, Roma and Traveller achievement - Ref: 00710-2009FLR-EN - Guidance includes learning and teaching approaches that will maximise the achievement of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils and how to develop effective partnerships with parents and communities

DCSF (2009)  - Improving Educational Outcomes for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Pupils - What works? Contextual Influences and Constructive Conditions that may Influence Pupil Achievement  - report on the findings of case studies undertaken in ten secondary schools, five primary schools and five alternative education provisions.

DCSF (2009) Building Futures: Developing trust - A focus on provision for children from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller backgrounds in the Early Years Foundation Stage  Ref: 00741-2009BKT-EN - invites practitioners across the whole range of Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) settings to reflect on the quality of their provision for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) children and their families.

DCSF (2008) Attendance advice for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children  256kb  Ref: 00891-2008FLY-EN

DCSF (2008) The Inclusion of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Children and Young People Ref: 00063-2008

DCSF (2008) Raising the Achievement of Gypsy, Roma and Traveller pupils Ref: 00102-2008DVD-EN

DfEE (2000) Bhopal K., Gundara J., Jones C. and Owen C. Working Towards Inclusive Education: Aspects of Good Practice for Gypsy Traveller Pupils.  Research Report RR238.

OFSTED (1996) The Education of Travelling Children. HMI Ref: 12/96/NS.

OFSTED (2001) Managing Support for the Attainment of Pupils from Minority Ethnic Groups,  HMI Ref: 326.

OFSTED (1999) Raising the Attainment of Minority Ethnic Pupils – School and LEA Responses, , HMI Ref: 170.

Books

Traveller based guided reading packs available for loan from EMTAS

The Education of Gypsy and Traveller Children towards inclusion and educational achievement. Christine O'Hanlon and Pat Holmes Trentham Books ISBN 1858562694

Traveller Education Accounts of good practice edited by Chris Taylor Trentham books ISBN -10: 1858563089

Other links

Living Album A pack produced and delivered to all Hampshire schools www.hants.gov.uk/rh/gypsy

A Pilot Study to Investigate Reasons for Elective Home Education for Gypsy and Traveller Children in Hampshire, Kalwant Bhopal and Martin Myers July 2009

Additional report compiled by Hampshire Ethnic Minority and Traveller Achievement Service (EMTAS) to accompany ‘A Pilot Study to Investigate