PINS
Welcome to the PINS Project 2025-2026.
Partnerships for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in Schools (PINS) is a national programme which brings together health and education workforces and expert parent carers into mainstream primary schools to:
- Help shape whole school SEND provision.
- Provide early interventions at a school level.
- Upskill school staff.
- Support strengthening of partnerships between schools and parent carers.
In the overall aim to improve positive outcomes for neurodivergent children, supporting them to achieve and thrive.
Neurodiversity describes the population as a whole and recognises the diversity of different brains.
Neurotypical describes most of the population, the majority group that experiences and processes the world in the same way.
Neurodivergent describes the minority group that experiences and processes the world in a different way. This may include Autism, ADHD, Dyslexia, Dyscalculia, and Dyspraxia to name a few.
The PINS Project in Enfield will run until March 2026. It will be delivered in 10 Primary Schools in Enfield, as well as continuing with support in the 5 Primary Schools that took part in the 2024-2025 PINS programme.
Our Voice is supporting the delivery of PINS at a strategic level in the local area, through involvement in the local partnership and support to the project delivery team. We are also responsible for delivery of the parent carer engagement activity in all the participating schools.
During the project, we will be:
- Running coffee mornings at all participating schools;
- Offering training and webinars on topics that parent carers have highlighted they need to know about;
- Newsletters, letting parent carers know about what is happening in the project, events and opportunities that they and their families can get involved in;
- Running Peer Disability Training for schools.
New resource on supporting your Neurodivergent child
NHS North Central London Integrated Care Board (NCL ICB) is launching Supporting Your Neurodivergent Child, a practical guide created by parents and carers, for parents and carers. Originally developed by the Essex Family Forum and Parent Carer Forum in Essex, this resource combines real-life experiences, practical tips, and trusted information from the NHS and national charities. The booklet has been developed as part of the National Partnership for Inclusion of Neurodiversity in schools (PINS) programme funded by the Department for Education (DfE) and supported by NHSE England and the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC).
The guide covers key topics including understanding neurodiversity, early help, the diagnostic process, education and school support, daily life with a neurodivergent child, sensory needs, and social and emotional development. It also provides links to further reading, videos, and blogs, making it easy for families to access the support they need.
The booklet has been adapted to reflect local services across Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, and Islington and will be available on borough SEND Local Offer websites, parent forum sites as well as hosted on the dedicated Autism and ADHD support pages on the Waiting Room website.
This valuable resource has been created with input from parent carer forum members (including Our Voice) and other partners.
More information about the NHS waiting room is available at News Page: NHS Waiting Room
Resources from our Parents Networking Day 27th Jan 26
Our most recent large PINS event took place on Tuesday, 27th January at Suffolk's School EN1 3PU and was also live-streamed. There were workshops from CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, talking about diagnosis and waiting times), SWERRL (who provide wellbeing support within schools) and North Central London Waiting Room (talking about resources for parents), plus exhibitions from ENAS, EASA and other support groups.
Slides for each of the presentations:
London Waiting Room PINS 27.01.2026.pptx
SWERRL presentation Our Voice 27.1.26.pptx
Resources links:
Enfield Early Help For All Strategy
London Waiting Room - Autism and ADHD resources
Enfield National Autistic Society
CAMHS
Georgia Macken: Operational Manager CYP Single Point Of Access
Email: Georgia.macken@nhs.net
SPoA team number: 0208 702 3111
“What support should my child receive in school?” Webinar
On 12th November 2025, we ran a webinar on what support children with additional needs should receive in school, as part of what is known as ‘Ordinarily Available Provision’. You can see the information from this session on this news page.
Our Parent Carers Survey.
For the 6 participating schools, we really want to hear from all the parents about their experience with their school. There will be two surveys in the project. One which we are conducting at the beginning of the project and one at the end.
If you know your school is participating in PINS, please feel free to take part in our survey at https://forms.gle/g9vPyhATGoxzEEDS9
Get Involved
If you want to get involved in the PINS project, please check out our PINS Get Involved Flyer.
We are hard at work planning events, training and webinars for you, so please come back to check in.
If you would like to receive updates straight to your inbox or phone, you can sign up for the Our Voice mailing list, PINS mailing list (specifically an update about the project and events) and our PINS WhatsApp group. Please email us at PINS.OV.Enfield@outlook.com
