Northside Primary School
PINS - Partnerships for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools
Overview of the PINS programme
Partnerships for inclusion of neurodiversity in schools (PINS) is a national programme that brings specialist health and education professionals and expert parent carers into mainstream primary schools to:
- help shape whole-school special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision
- provide early interventions at a school level
- upskill school staff
- support the strengthening of partnerships between schools and parent carers
At Northside, we were very lucky to be part of the first year this programme was running (2024-2025). We ran coffee mornings with external specialists, completed whole school audits, provided targeted training to meet the needs of the pupils and completed parent surveys, which the results fed through to the training offer the PINS programme provided.
For more information about PINS, please click the link below:
Barnet Parent Carer Forum
Barnet Parent Carer Forum Structure and Constitution
We are a constituted body
We aim for a broad membership of Parent carers to ensure a representation of age, gender, disability, ethnicity, type of education and parents’ skills and abilities. Our steering group meets every 6/8 weeks. If you are interested in joining us please contact us. By getting involved you can have a say in what matters to the child or young person in your family.
Why get involved?
You are the expert. If you are the parent of a child who has Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities, then you are an expert on the support and services that your child and their family need. Here is an opportunity for you to share this knowledge with others, including the professionals who make decisions that directly affect you.
You have insight. This is your chance to give local authority officers and other decision makers a unique insight into the impact of services on the lives of families with disabled children, and contributing to service development from the service users perspective.
Develop yourself. Other forums report that parents volunteering their time can have raised self- esteem and develop other skills and experience.