The Traveller Movement response to DfE proposals to amend the School Census Ethnicity data collection regarding the Gypsy/Roma category

22 Oct 2014

The Traveller Movement welcome the proposals to amend the current ethnic category of Gypsy/Roma in the schools pupil census. As members of the GRT DfE Stakeholder Group we have raised this issue a number of times, highlighting how the conflation of Gypsy/Roma (two separate and distinct minority groups) results in the production of inaccurate data on these groups and prevents policy makers and schools better understanding their outcomes and educational needs.