Confident connected parents for school-ready children

Parenting is key to improve children’s school readiness and outcomes

One in three reception children in England is not ready to learn. Attendance rates are down and the attainment gap is widening.

Schools can stop this alarming trend by tapping into a free resource: parenting.

Our charity delivers free and bespoke parental engagement training for schools. We offer free resources to school-designated trainers and parents, including evidence-based exercises and practical tips.

Our experienced trainer comes to you and works with you to tailor our offer to meet the needs of your school, parents and community.

We will support you in running structured parenting sessions, and encouraging parents to then take the lead and build their own peer-parenting-support sessions.

We can help you support parents at every stage of the school journey. We have found that key ‘transition’ years are often a good place to start.

When school and families work together, children benefit, families benefit and school outcomes improve.

Sir Martyn Lewis Interviews Cristina Odone