Vulnerable Groups Team

Vulnerable Groups - Minority Ethnic, English as Additional Language (EAL), Gypsy Roma Travellers, Refugees and Asylum Seekers, Service Children

What pupils do we support?

• Pupils who are from Minority Ethnic Backgrounds which includes:
  • English as additional language pupils - any stage on the EAL acquisition assessment
  • Gypsy, Roma, Travellers
  • Syrian refugees and Asylum Seekers
• Service children - The organisation Supporting Service Children in Education Wales defines a Service child as 'a person whose parent, or primary carer, serves in the regular Armed Forces, or as a reservist, or has done at any point during the first 25 years of that person's life.

What do we do?

• Provide education and learning, support and advice across community networks
• Provide support for pupils, families and schools to ensure pupils engage successfully in school life and learning
• Support schools to ensure early identification, effective provision and intervention for pupils
• Race Equality/Diversity and curriculum support and development
• Provide CPD resources and tools for schools and families to support pupil induction, learning and teaching.

How can you access support?

Please do not hesitate to contact one of the team if you have any questions about supporting pupils and families from vulnerable groups and we look forward to working with you.

Contact email : tyfu@powys.gov.uk

Phone: 01597 827108