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
| 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
| Date | Direction | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 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… |