Policy & Publications
This section will help you to search for policy, publications and information on issues affecting Gypsies and Travellers. Use the filter on the left hand side to refine your search.
Race Equality in Education: Good Practice in Schools and Local Education Authorities
This survey report illustrates good practice in work on race equality and education in schools and local authorities in England.
Access the resourceEthnicity and Education: The Evidence on Minority Ethnic Pupils
This topic paper by the Department for Education and Skills presents the latest statistics and research on minority ethnic pupils in the education system and updates the January 2005 topic paper.
Access the resourceEthnicity & Education: The Evidence on Minority Ethnic Pupils
Department for Education and Skills Research Topic Paper (RTP01-05), published January 2005 and no longer available on the gov.uk website.
Read moreAiming High: Raising the Achievement of Gypsy Traveller Pupils
A Guide to Good Practice developed by the Department for Education and Skills.
Read moreWhat does the 2011 Census tell us about the characteristics of Gypsy or Irish travellers in England and Wales?
For the first time the 2011 Census included a tick box for Gypsy or Irish Travellers (not Roma). Read the analysis of the results produced by the Office for National Statistics
Access the resourceHuman Rights and Gypsies and Travellers: An Exploration of the Application of a Human Rights Perspective to Social Work with a Minority Community in Britain
In this paper, Sarah Cemlyn explores the relationship between human rights social work and issues facing Gypsies and Travellers, and argues that work with these groups cannot be properly understood outside a human rights framework.
Access the resourceBe Roma or Die Tryin’ Vimeo
The short documentary has been created by young Polish Roma refugees from East London. It is a journey through their heritage and across their city, examining Britains ignorance of Roma culture while celebrating the new life they have made for themselves.
Access the resourceThe Speak Out Project
The Speak Out project CD contains interviews with young Travellers, telling of their experiences of racist bullying.
Read moreA Gypsy’s Wish
The film is written, produced and directed by members of the Gypsy Community, most of whom had no experience in video producing prior to making the film.
Access the resourceA Teacher’s Guide to the Holocaust
A teachers guide to the Holocaust containing resources for teaching about the Gypsy Holocaust.
Access the resourcePreventing and tackling bullying: Advice for headteachers, staff and governing bodies
This document was produced by the Department for Education to help schools prevent and respond to bullying as part of their overall behaviour policy.
Access the resourceDenied a Future? The Right to Education of Roma, Gypsy and Traveller Children in Europe.
This report, compiled by Save the Children, discusses the educational inclusion of Gypsy and Traveller children in Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (including Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Macedonia) and Romania.
Access the resourcePrejudice and Pride
This report and DVD by Jake Bowers and Ormiston Children and Families Trust report and DVD looks at the issues and opinions of Young Traveller children in Cambridge.
Read moreTraveller Education: Accounts of Good Practice
This is a handbook for all schools that have Traveller pupils. It moves beyond the issues surrounding their low educational attainment and attendance in schools to outline good practice, based on proven success in schools.
Access the resourceBe Roma or Die Tryin’ DVD
The short documentary has been created by young Polish Roma refugees from East London. It is a journey through their heritage and across their city, examining Britains ignorance of Roma culture while celebrating the new life they have made for themselves.
Access the resource