About PINS
The Pupil Inclusion Network is for practitioners and managers in the voluntary sector who work with young people who are excluded, disaffected or disengaged from school.
PINS programme
PINS is currently exploring key issues and debates in work with disaffected pupils. All the latest news, resources and key developments will be featured on the site. In addition we will be developing work around 2 key themes for our work – we will be Taking a critical stance and considering the quality and evidence base for our work with children and young people who are excluded, disaffected and disengaged from school and we will be looking at Vulnerable children and education and considering how the voluntary and statutory sector partnership can best support vulnerable children and families to engage with learning and school.
For more on Taking a critical stance go here
For more on Vulnerable children and education go here
PINS will:
- Explore key issues and debates in work with disaffected pupils
- Create opportunities for the sharing of good practice across providers and across sectors
- Link members to useful information, articles, publications and resources
- Create opportunities to meet and discuss approaches to pupil inclusion work
- Increase voluntary sector influence on policy relating to excluded, disaffected and disengaged young people.
This site is the means by which PINS will engage with members in the field. By navigating around the site you will see the broad scope of our interests, and be able to engage in discussion, learning and dialogue on key practice and policy issues. Please consider becoming a PINS member, and let us know what you think of our site.
First uploaded in August 2005
The Pupil Inclusion Network is funded by the Support for Learning Division of the Scottish Goverment Schools Directorate. 
