Buy gypsy traveller students in secondary schools a culture identity and achievement by derrington chris kendall sally isbn 9781858563206 from amazons book store everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This book presents the findings from the first british national longitudinal study of gypsy traveller students in secondary schools this unique phenomenological study sponsored by the nuffield foundation documents the educational experience of 44 gypsy travellers in secondary schools since 2000. Official uk reports have highlighted the situation for gypsy traveller children of secondary school age as a matter of grave concern ofsted 1996 describing these pupils as the group most at risk in the education system ofsted 1999 although it should be emphasised here that travellers do not constitute a single homogenous group a number of common and significant cultural influences have been identified in the literature concerning non participation at secondary school. Abstract an education system that is based on the needs of a sedentary community is inherently exclusionary for mobile young people however it is increasingly acknowledged that even gypsy traveller pupils who have been settled for a number of years have limited engagement with the secondary phase of schooling