Support and Guidance for Schools

Our Service offers guidance to schools and Early Year settings who wish to ensure that they are providing the high quality support necessary to ensure that Gypsy, Roma and Traveller learners achieve their full potential.

Download our flyer for more information or contact:

Seb Smith 07795044636 seb.smith@lancashire.gov.uk

Sam Hoban 07812632166 samantha.hoban@lancashire.gov.uk

 

GRT Pupils Missing from School

The service works with schools, Pupil Access, Pupil Attendance, Children Missing Education and Elective Home Education teams to help locate GRT pupils who go missing from school. We also support work with parents to encourage them to communicate well with their children's school and to discuss any issues that might affect their child's attendance.

GRT children may go missing from school for a number of reasons. Some parents take their children out of school when they move to find work. Families living on temporary sites may get moved on at short notice. Many families choose to withdraw their children from secondary schooling in favour of home education. It is not always the case that parents inform schools when they take their children out.