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Mark Baker, Chief Executive, CSSC, Adam Willis, winner of CSSC Excellence in Educational Research Award and Noel Purdy, Stranmillis College

CSSC Research Winner Addresses Critical Pastoral Care Gap

12 December 2025

Adam Willis, currently on secondment from Hardy Memorial Primary School, a controlled school located in Richill, has been recognised with the Controlled Schools' Support Council (CSSC) Excellence in Educational Research Award 2025 for his ground breaking study on pastoral care in Northern Ireland primary schools.