Select Committee · Education Committee

Education challenges facing children and young people from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller backgrounds

Status: Closed Opened: 6 Dec 2021 Closed: 25 Oct 2022

The inquiry will focus on the educational experiences of children and young people from a Gypsy, Roma and Traveller background. It will examine the educational challenges faced by these groups and will also evaluate the effectiveness of the Government’s recent £1 million education programme for Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children. Read the call for evidence …

Oral evidence sessions

2 sessions
Date Witnesses
15 Mar 2022 Mr Robin Walker · Department for Education View ↗
22 Feb 2022 Jo Luhman · Kings International College, Lisa Smith · Advisory Council for the Education of Romany and other Travellers (ACERT), Marius Ciuca · St Helen's Primary School, Ms Emma Nuttall · Friends, Families and Travellers, Paula Strachan · St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School, Pauline Anderson OBE · The Traveller Movement, The Baroness Whitaker · APPG for Gypsies, Travellers and Roma, Vasile Sandu · St Matthew's Church of England Primary School View ↗

Correspondence

2 letters
DateDirectionTitle
13 May 2022 Government response to the Committee’s letter on the educational challenges fac…
31 Mar 2022 From cttee Letter to the Minister for School Standards on the educational challenges of ch…