Management Information Sheet
New subsidised and fully-funded programme of Gypsy Roma Traveller (GRT) training and support for schools
Ensuring all schools are developing a culture and ethos of inclusion, meeting their equality duties and ready to effectively support Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) pupils.
To help respond to this need, our offer of support is provided subsidised or fully-funded for your school.
We have something for all schools, irrespective of whether you have GRT pupils within your school community or not.
Our flexible menu of options will ensure your school can engage in an effective way to suit your needs and our revised programme of support includes a termly EYFS and Primary GRT network, suitable for all roles within your school, including Governors where we explore best practice and provision for GRT pupils.
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"I found the network very interesting and thought provoking." "I now understand differentiation for the communities that come under the GRT umbrella." "It reminded me of when I worked closely alongside Traveller families in my last school and the good relations we had established: I would like all staff to be able to foster these in due course." |
- GRT EYFS and Primary Network | Norfolk Services for Schools 14/11/2023
- GRT EYFS and Primary Network | Norfolk Services for Schools 19/03/2024
- GRT EYFS and Primary Network | Norfolk Services for Schools 07/05/2024
Our 'Raising Cultural Awareness, Inclusion and Achievement of GRT Pupils in Primary School' training day for only £50 per attendee on 27 March 2024.
This training will support schools to ensure best practice for GRT pupils in line with Ofsted's judgment to promote "equality of opportunity so that ALL pupils can thrive together, understanding that differences are positive, not a negative, and that individual characteristics make people unique'.
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"Excellent day. I feel well informed and able to help staff strengthen our provision for our GRT families." "I have come away with better knowledge of the GRT communities, and I have lots of information on how to incorporate the history and lifestyle of GRT children into daily lessons'" "Comprehensive training with excellent resources and knowledge from the team." |
Book a Bespoke GRT Cultural Awareness raising inset session at no cost so that your whole school community can develop consistent, confident practice. This is highly recommended for schools with GRT pupils.
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"A huge thank you to you and your team for the training. I have received so much positive feedback from the staff and it has prompted our headteacher to question some of our practice." "Such an interesting and engaging training, you were all clearly very knowledgeable and respectful and it was such an interesting experience." |
Save the date!
Following the tremendous success of Gypsy Roma Traveller History Month during June last academic year, we will once again be supporting schools to celebrate this with a programme of accessible culturally reflective resources and activities.
You can access our resources in the Padlets that we have developed below:
- GRT Cultural Resources (padlet.com)
- Showman and Circus Resources (padlet.com)
- World War 2 Resources (padlet.com)
Find out more about the work of the GRT Service and about GRT and Showman communities from our webpages.