The National Awards for Pastoral Care in Education were organised by the National Association for Pastoral Care in Education (NAPCE) for the first time in 2020. The purpose was to give work in pastoral care the recognition that it deserves. A respected group of judges had the difficult task of deciding who the winners would be in each category, from the very impressive and high quality nominations that NAPCE received. The article provides some of the winners, with an opportunity to share this good practice and to raise awareness of the positive difference that is being made, by effective pastoral care, to the learning experience and lives of young people. Included is information about a school that is supporting bereaved learners and their families. other examples of good practice include, a project to motivate girls, the work of a special school to meet the additional needs of its pupils, the work of a pastoral leader to implement strategies to improve behaviour foe learning and academic achievement and a case study in the use of Educational Transactional Analysis to support a learner with social, emotional and mental health difficulties.