Welcome to the National Academy for Parenting Practitioners

Good parenting is at the heart of children's wellbeing and development. The parenting academy works to transform the quality and size of the parenting workforce across England, so that parents can access the help they need to raise their children well.

Focus on... teenage parents

Our latest online resource 'Focus on teenage parents' helps practitioners working with affected families to gather research findings, literature, government responses and much more.

Tips for Children's Centre leaders

We provide hands-on information and guidance on our free training offer – talk to us at the Children's Centres Leaders Network regional events.

Current vacancies

We are recruiting for the following posts:

Research Workers (3 posts) Database Manager

The parenting academy at a glance

Our leaflet gives you a quick overview of our programme of work and how we support the parenting workforce.

Keep informed

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Commissioning Toolkit

The Commissioning Toolkit of Parenting Programmes has details and quality ratings for over 100 parenting interventions available for commission.

Find programmes on the Toolkit

Submit your programme online