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NAPCE News – February 2022 Making a positive difference to young people through pastoral care FEATURE ARTICLE: “A Kestrel for a Knave” – NAPCE’s Dr Noel Purdy Reflects on the How Relevant This Popular Novel Could Be Today in Pastoral Care A Kestrel for a Knave – Reflections on Pastoral Care by Dr Noel Purdy Recently I have been re-reading […]

This year is a major anniversary year for the National Association for Pastoral Care in Education. For 40 years NAPCE has been a meeting place for academics, researchers, writers, teachers, and people working in pastoral care who share our interest in pastoral care in education. Several events are planned for the across the year to bring […]

NAPCE News – December 2021 Making a positive difference to young people through pastoral care CONFERENCE:  “NAPCE Partners with ASCL Pastoral Leaders Conference 2022” NAPCE is delighted to be an official partner of the ASCL Conference for Pastoral Leaders 2022. The theme for next year is ‘Keeping Children and Young People Safe – Tackling Harassment and Abuse”. The Conference […]

NAPCE News – November 2021 Making a positive difference to young people through pastoral care FEATURE ARTICLE:  “Student Voice and Care During Covid-19” by NAPCE NEC Member Luke Myer Student voice and care during COVID-19 by Luke Myer It’s clear that the pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated inequalities in education. But, in many ways, it has also brought educational communities closer […]

NAPCE News – October 2021 Making a positive difference to young people through pastoral care FEATURE ARTICLE:  NAPCE NEC Member & Pastoral Care Leader Connor Acton Explores the Importance of Parent/Carer Communication Parent/carer communication is easy to get right, painful when you get it wrong and downright disastrous if it goes really wrong. It’s sometimes easy to forget that when […]

NAPCE News – September 2021 Making a positive difference to young people through pastoral care FEATURE ARTICLE: LGBT+ Issues in Schools: a Reflection on the First Anniversary of the Introduction of Statutory Relationships & Sex Education in England & Wales by Max Biddulph LGBT+ issues in schools: a reflection on the first anniversary of the introduction of statutory Relationships and Sex […]