New Arrivals

Click on the image to the left to download a pdf file giving a summary of the procedure following the arrival of a new Traveller pupil in school.

Referral forms can be requested from:

The Race Equality and Diversity Service,

Hucclecote Centre, Churchdown Lane, Hucclecote,

Gloucester, GL3 3QN

Tel: 01452 427261

email: reads@gloucestershire.gov.uk

OR:

Download the Referral form for new arrivals here.

Welcoming Traveller Pupils to your School

We have put together a comprehensive information booklet for teachers.

There are lots of ideas outlining good practice for race equality, establishing and maintaining relationships with Traveller parents and welcoming pupils who have never been to school before. Anxieties that Traveller parents have about school are explained. We have also included information about different Traveller groups: Gypsy and Romany, Irish Travellers, Showmen, Circus and Performing Families and New Travellers.

We hope that the booklet will be a useful reference for all schools in the county, whether they have Traveller pupils currently on roll or not.

Josie Arnold

Download the booklet as a pdf document here.