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British Council CourseAccess, Attendance, Achievement: Involving
Roma/Gypsy and Traveller Parents in their Children’s Education
HELLO AND WELCOME
A National Overview in the UK
• Contents:– What we have done since 1972– Success Story – Significant Progress– Audit: A more honest picture– Factors aiding policy development– Factors as barriers to change– The bigger picture– The future– Thanks
What we have done since 1972
• Voluntary NGO activity and advocacy• Growing inclusivity of different groups• Conflict over policy direction• Slow action by Local Education Authorities• Development of Roma/Gypsy/Traveller
Education Services (TES)• Training • Active involvement of Central Government since
1985
Success Story-Significant Progress?
• From NGO to government responsibility• Specific projects to Mainstreaming• National structure of Traveller Education
Services• Increasing success year by year with
access, regular attendance, and rising levels of achievement
• Innovation in policy, provision and practice• A place on most educational agendas
Audit: A more honest picture
• Lack of data and coordinated action
• Access to schools, education, curriculum
• Attendance
• Nomadic and housed
• Educational books and teaching resources
• Achievement
Ethnic group achievementGCSE 5 at grades A*-C
51.3
% 60.1
%
41.6
%
23.2
%
52.0
%
39.9
% 47.5
%
64.7
%
51.6
%
65.2
%
41.5
%
45.5
%
59.0
%
32.9
% 40.7
%
33.6
%
74.8
%
45.8
%
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
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2003 PLASC Ethnic Groups
Per
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GC
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Source: National Pupil Database (2003 Amended Dataset) Coverage: Pupils in Maintained Schools
National Average for All Pupils is 50.7%
Achievement Data2003 GCSE Cohort: Proportion Achieving 5+ A*-C grades
56.6
% 61.8
%
39.1
%
22.5
%
58.2
%
46.8
% 55.1
%
68.6
%
57.7
%
70.3
%
48.1
%
52.6
%
64.6
%
40.3
% 46.8
%
40.3
%
79.2
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51.2
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52.2
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46.1
%
58.4
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43.3
%
24.4
%
46.3
%
32.3
% 39.5
%
60.6
%
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35.7
%
38.5
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53.8
%
25.1
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27.2
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2003 PLASC Ethnic Groups
Per
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age
Ach
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+ A
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GC
SE
s
Female Male
National Average for Non-FSM Pupils is 56.1%National Average for FSM Pupils is 45.5%
Source: National Pupil Database (2003 Amended Dataset) Coverage: Pupils in Mainatined Schools
2003 GCSE Cohort: Proportion Achieving 5+ A*-C GCSE/Grades for Pupils with PLASC record, by
FSM
55.5
% 66.9
%
55.8
%
30.9
%
58.5
%
45.4
% 54.2
%
70.6
%
59.1
% 67.9
%
47.3
%
49.7
%
64.7
%
36.6
% 47.9
%
38.6
%
75.7
%
53.5
%
20.4
% 28.6
%
16.4
%
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26.4
%
27.3
%
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%
34.2
%
27.6
%
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%
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% 43.2
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%
29.9
%
22.5
%
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2003 PLASC Ethnic Groups
Per
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age
Ach
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+ A
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GC
SE
s
Non-FSM FSM
National Average for Non-FSM Pupils is 55.2%National Average for FSM Pupils is 24.4%
Source: National Pupil Database (2003 Amended Dataset) Coverage: Pupils in Mainatined Schools
Impact of deprivation/poverty
Effect of ethnicity and deprivation on GCSE results
-30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30
ChineseIndian
White and AsianIrish
Any other Asian backgroundAny other White backgroundAny other mixed background
White BritishWhite and Black African
UnclassifiedAny other ethnic group
BangladeshiTraveller of Irish Heritage
PakistaniBlack African
White and Black CaribbeanAny other Black background
Black CaribbeanGypsy/Roma
Difference in percentage of pupils achieving 5+ A*-C
-30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30
Effect of difference inFSM rates
Observed ethnicityeffect
Relative performance by ethnic groups at all ages
-60%
-50%
-40%
-30%
-20%
-10%
0%
10%
20%
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Dis
crep
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from
the
Nat
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l Ave
rage
All White British Irish Traveller of Irish heritage
Gypsy/ Roma Any other w hite background White and Black Caribbean White and Black African
White and Asian Any other mixed background Indian Pakistani
Bangladeshi Any other Asian background Caribbean Black African
Any other black background Chinese Any other ethnic group Unclassif ied
Source: National Pupil Database (2003 Unamended Dataset) Coverage: All Pupils w ith Attainment Data and PLASC Data
Factors as barriers to change
• Centuries of abuse and exclusion as the context• Endemic ignorance and racism in the society at large• Avoiding political problems by marginalisation by all• Lack of awareness and indifference to injustice• Poor and inadequate training at all levels• Lack of specific reference in policy/practice• Lack of national and local data and coordination• Silence of power voices which could bring rapid change• Racism under cover of PC professionalism• Parents accused of a lack of interest • The impact of a negative mass media
Factors aiding policy development
• Active political NGO/voluntary sector• Influence of Her Majesty’s Inspectors (outside politics)• Making policy responsibility stick – threat of legal action• Anti-discrimination/social inclusion laws• National commitment to race equality • Coordinated and comprehensive actions• Professional awareness and commitment to anti racism• Agenda inclusion and data collection• Sound research• Parent power and political action• Impatience and winning hearts and minds
The Bigger picture
• Roma/Gypsies Travellers now pan-Europe
• Explicit international concern (EU/Cof E/UN/OSI/OSCE/World Bank)
• Seen now as a Human Rights issue
• Major European issue for next 20 years
• Increasing Roma community awareness worldwide
• The vision of enrichment not yet secure
The Future
• The Roma decade (2005 – 2015)
• Data picture will drive policy development
• Robust anti-discrimination will drive policy
• Desegregation of Roma schooling
• A bigger part played by Roma/Gypsies and Travellers in education at all levels
• A changed Europe- faced with its own racist self- equipped to embrace gobalism
End
Thank you for listening
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