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.
New Traveller History: Battle of the Beanfield
A Flickr page with images from the ‘Battle of the Beanfield’ at Stonehenge
Access the resourceNew Traveller History: Stonehenge
A Flickr page with images of the Stonehenge gathering in the circle between 1980-1984.
Access the resourceThe Value of Play
A booklet published by the Cambridgeshire Traveller Initiative, Ormiston Children and Family Trust.
Read moreGypsy Travellers and Education: Changing Needs and Changing Perceptions
This article explores Gypsies and Travellers’ changing views on their children’s education. Available for purchase only.
View the reportGypsy Traveller Students in Secondary Schools: Culture, Identity and Achievement
This research report compiled by Chris Derrington and Sally Kendall and published by Trentham Books presents findings on the attainment of Gypsy and Traveller students in Secondary Education.
Access the resourceTraveller Education: Changing Times, Changing Technologies
This study looks at the role of Local Education Authority based Traveller Education Support Services and schools in supporting these Gypsy and Traveller children as well as the role of ICT and distance learning.
Access the resourceTravellers Remember
A series of digital stories featuring the reminiscences of Traveller families and their lives in the 1960s and 1970s.
Access the resourceTraveller 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 resourceScottish Education Resources
A range of Scottish educational reports on the STEP (Scottish Traveller Education Programme) website.
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 resourceBBC Radio 2: Swings and Roundabouts
The fourth in the series of 2006 Radio Ballads, Swings and Roundabouts paints a musical and anecdotal portrait of the people who travel the country building and re-building their rides, always looking to attract customers to their machines.
Access the resourceTeaching Romany Gypsy History within Key Stages 1, 2 and 3
An educational resource developed by the Historical Association which lends itself to teaching Romany Gypsy history to students at Key Stages 1, 2 and 3.
Access the resourceEuropean Roma History Factsheet
The Council of Europe has produced a collection of pedagogical fact sheets on Roma history, culture and language.
Access the resourceImproving educational outcomes for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Pupils: what works?
A research report by Anne Wilkin, Chris Derrington, Brian Foster, et al.
Access the resourceSupporting the Travelling Tradition: A report on the work of EFECOT in exploring the use of distance learning environments for children
The European Federation for the Education of the Children of Occupational Travellers (EFECOT) explores the use of interactive courseware within a telematics framework, in order to strengthen supported distance learning for the large numbers of European Fairground, Circus and Bargee children.
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