Figures collated by the Bow Group think tank show the proportion of Irish Travellers getting five A* to C grades at GCSE fell by more than half in that time. In 2003 41.6 per cent of Irish Travellers, and 23.2 per cent of Gypsy/Roma pupils were achieving the standard. But by 2007 this had fallen to 15.6 per cent and 14 per cent respectively. Nearly a third of Irish Traveller pupils did not gain a single GCSE. The...


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