Forced evictions and dwindling support services for Gypsy and Traveller children are obstructing their access to education as a result of cuts to local authority support and measures in the government's Localism Bill, CYP Now has learned.
Anthea Wormington, policy officer at the National Association of Teachers of Travellers, said that Traveller education services are being scaled back or scrapped altogether in many areas.
"Most Traveller education services are experiencing cuts. The picture is changing daily, but it's pretty dire and London has been hit particularly hard," she said.
"Until now, we've had a network of Traveller education services around the country, so if a Traveller family was planning a move we would call up our colleagues in the area where they were moving to and get them to arrange the children's education.
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