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<p>The department recognises the issues faced by Gypsy, Roma and Traveller children
and young people, and how schools and others can make a positive difference.</p><p>The
department has invested in research into academic progress over the 2020/21 and 2021/22
academic years with Renaissance Learning and the Education Policy Institute. Our data
and research consider the impacts on pupils with particular characteristics, as well
as considering regional disparities and area-level deprivation.</p><p>The department
knows that the most significant factor affecting pupil attainment, which cuts across
all ethnicities, is economic disadvantage. That is why we have consistently targeted
support at the most disadvantaged and vulnerable, with schools continuing to receive
additional funding through the pupil premium. Total pupil premium funding will increase
to over £2.6 billion this financial year (2022/23), from £2.5 billion last year. On
top of this funding, schools serving pupils from Gypsy, Roma and Traveller backgrounds
are likely to attract funding through additional needs factors in the schools national
funding formula, specifically through the mobility factor.</p><p>We are also working
closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and will learn
any lessons from the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Education Area pilots.</p>
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