The National Academy for Parenting Practitioners was set up in 2007 by the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) to provide the parenting workforce with objective evidence based support in order to improve the services offered to parents in England.
Our work includes training in evidence based practice, information and advice and an internationally recognised research programme provided by King’s College London. We are a charitable company limited by guarantee, governed by a board of trustees.
Our Chair
Mark Molden
Mark is Chief Executive of Care for the Family, a UK charity that delivers seminars, training, resources and support networks to strengthen family life and support those hurting because of family difficulties. He previously held senior posts within Bristol City Council's children's services department, leading on access to education services, special educational needs and Academy school developments. Prior to that he worked for Barnardo's as a business advisor to a number of Children's Fund and Sure Start Programme Board's across the South West of England.
Our executive officers
Chief Executive: Angela Sibson
Angela has previously led large charitable organisations focused on research, education and service and skills delivery. These have included Relate, the UK's leading relationship support agency and the Mothers Union, the largest international women's development organisation which has over one million members.
Professor Stephen Scott
Director of Research
Stephen is Professor of Child Health and Behaviour at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. Clinically, he works as a Consultant Child Psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital, where he heads the National Antisocial Behaviour Clinic and the National Adoption and Fostering Clinic. Through his work as a paediatrician he became interested in children's wellbeing more broadly and has to date been involved in five controlled trials of parenting programmes.
Stewart Thomson
Director or Parenting Workforce Development
Stewart is a former social worker and has a background in workforce development in social services, the NHS and higher education and served as the health and social care employer representative on the Tomlinson enquiry on 14-19 Curriculum and Qualification Reform. He has an MSc in Human Resource Management and is an honorary fellow of Brunel University for services to occupational therapy.
Kate Maycock
Interim Director of Communications and Information
Kate is an experienced marketing communications professional with a background in the voluntary sector. She has developed the communications of a number of family orientated charities that she has worked for in the last 15 years. She holds a BA (Hons) in Business Studies as well as the diplomas of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and the Market Research Society. She also holds a diploma in Social Anthropology.
Yen Nguyen
Interim Director of Finance and Corporate Services
Yen is a qualified accountant who has previously worked at organisations in both public and private sectors. She worked in Australia at a large telecommunication company for over five years before moving to London and gaining positions at Lloyds TSB, Visa and the Revenue and Customs Prosecution Office.