Pastoral Community of Practice

It is our vision that services will work together to support schools and raise awareness of the support that can be accessed. The Pastoral Community of Practice (previously called the Team Around the School Community of Practice) aims to bring together education staff, service and advice providers to foster relationships between schools and services.

At our meetings you can expect: 

• Case consultations – A supportive space to discuss cases in schools and obtain feedback and input from a wide range of expertise such as our Barnet Integrated Clinical Team to aid reflective practice as well as signposting from our Early Help Practitioners. 
• Sharing best practice – Opportunity for schools to share examples of an initiative or project that has worked well in their school and could inspire other educational settings.
• Building relationships between schools – Networking opportunities with education colleagues and services involved in the pastoral care of children, young people and their families.
• Celebrating what we do together  - Including Continued Professional Development (CPD) opportunities and guest speakers. 

All meetings are face-to-face. Our next meeting will be on Thursday 25th June 2026, 9.00-12.00pm. Location: Brookland Junior School, Hill Top, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London, NW11 6EJ. 

The next meetings for the 26/27 academic year will be from 9am-12.00pm on:

• Wednesday 14th October 2026
• Wednesday 17th March 2027
• Wednesday 16th June 2027

All meetings are face-to-face and will take place at Finchley Youth Theatre, 142 High Road, East Finchley, London, N2 9ED

Please email jayne.abbott@barnet.gov.uk if you would like to present at the next Pastoral Community of Practice or for more information.

For schools 

• If you would like to attend our next meeting, please email Jayne Abbott for a calendar invitation.
• In addition, if you have any examples of best practice, case consultations or ideas for setting our agenda topic for our next meeting please get in touch.

For services  

We are delighted to be able to invite you to our next meeting where you will have the opportunity to provide information on your service and network with others. If you would like to attend, please get in touch and email jayne.abbott@barnet.gov.uk

The Pastoral Community of Practice Presentations Library  

Click on the links below to view our previous presentations  

Spring 2026

• Education Welfare Team: Who we are and what do we do?  - Barnet Education & Learning Service (BELS)
• Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) Barnet Schools Project - Dr Sophie Driver (BELS)
• Personalised outreach to support children and young people with school-based avoidance - The Compton School

Autumn 2025 

• Clarion School - The Trusted Adult Initiative
• KoothTalks: Qwell Information Session for Barnet Educational Professionals.
• The Orion & Goldbeaters Primary Schools - Happiness, Wellbeing and Mental Health

Summer 2025 

• St Vincent Catholic Primary School - Supporting children's wellbeing and safeguarding through the outdoor environment
• Health Education Partnership - Healthy Schools London Programme & PSHE Support

Spring 2025 

• Spring 2025 Presentation - Includes BICS Update, Child and Family Early Help, Resilient Schools, CB Plus & Peer Champions Programme from BDLD

 Summer Term 2024 

• Parent Champions
• Positive use of Digital Media
• Digital Resilience by Resilient Schools
• Restorative Approaches

Spring Term 2024

• Role of Senior Mental Health Leads
• Child and Family ​​​​​​​Early Help - Young Person's Voice
• Resilient Schools and MHST

We look forward to seeing you, 

Debra Davies         Asst Head of Service, Early Help 

Sarah Konn             Clinical Manager, Mental Health Support Team 

Jayne Abbott          Resilient Schools Manager 

Natasha Joseph    Health Improvement Officer