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Parents And Children Together (PACT) 

PACT is a resource and a process, which has been implemented in 7 primary schools in Cornwall at Key Stage 2 (KS2). The pilot phase of PACT demonstrates that PACT has:
 
Significantly increased the frequency of children and parents talking together about feelings and relationships, thus changing the culture at home around sex and relationships education

  • Increased the uptake of parents seeking support from professionals

  • Enabled parents to form a partnership with their child’s school around SRE and SEAL

  • Provided a framework which enables the school to become a 'hub' of support for parents through its links to the multi-agency teams which includes: the Behavioural Support Service, School Nurses and Health Visitors, Parenting Fund, Family Services, Scallywags, Relate and The Pyramid Trust

  • Been successfully implemented in varying school socio-economic group and geographical settings

  • Been delivered within existing budgets (with the exception of the project leads administration and resources) and has been embedded into existing health and education service structures

  • Given teachers a user-friendly way to deliver SRE at KS2 and involve parents. KS2 traditionally being a more difficult time to keep parents engaged

  • Been embraced by many local primary schools and has a waiting list for 2007

  • Appeared to be the only project of its kind in the UK and has the potential to ‘roll out’ to all primary schools across the UK. (As suggested by the DfES in May 2006)

  • The potential to help families explore other issues such as those around drugs, alcohol and tobacco

  • Had requests for national PACT training from delegates at the University of London’s Institute of Education, ‘Health in Schools Conference’ May 2006

 

PACT fits with the following National and Local Area Agreement Outcomes and strategies :

Strong 3: Improve public services, reducing poor health and reducing teenage conceptions

HCOP2 ,CYP1, CYP3, CYPP, Parenting Strategy, Extended Schools Strategy, Choosing Health.

 

April 07-08

NRF Funding secured through the Camborne Pool Redruth (CPR) success Zone. 

  • To work in partnership with other agencies to support schools in the West of Cornwall (in areas of Indisces of Multiple Deprivation - IMD) to work with parents, training and supporting them in the process of PACT, SEAL, Family SEAL (or similar) to suit the school’s ethos and way of working

  • To develop and pilot a Key Stage (KS) 2 and 3 Transition Resource linking SEAL and SRE

  • Discussions are underway for PACT to work alongside DAAT worker to provide expertise to help develop or adapt a Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco teaching resource linking to SEAL at KS2 and/or KS3