Parental Engagement Training for schools - online CPD E-learning course

Strengthen how your school engages with parents, families and carers to improve pupil outcomes

We know schools today are managing:

Parents and carers who are difficult to engage or have had negative experiences of school
Attendance and behaviour challenges linked to weak home-school relationships
Inconsistent communication with families across staff
Rising expectations from Ofsted on parental engagement and inclusion
Limited time and budget for staff CPD

Generic newsletters and parents’ evenings aren’t shifting engagement. You need a practical, structured approach that builds your team’s relational skills with families, particularly those who are harder to reach.

Successfully engaging parents is about ... developing the right school climate; one that promotes parents’ confidence and self-efficacy…

Jean Gross, Educational Psychologist

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Why this matters now

Weak parental engagement directly impacts attendance and behaviour
The Ofsted inclusion framework now examines how schools engage with parents, carers and the wider community
Staff confidence in working with disengaged families varies widely
Schools need evidence of their approach to family partnerships

This training gives your team practical, evidence-based strategies that fit your timetable and budget.

What our Parental Engagement e-learning delivers

This practical course equips educators with a nurturing approach to parental engagement grounded in the Six Principles of Nurture. It’s designed for school staff – not parents – and focuses on building the relational skills needed to create meaningful family partnerships that support pupil outcomes.

The self-paced e-learning (approx 2 hours) covers:

How the Six Principles of Nurture apply to working with parents, families and carers
Practical strategies for building trust with families, including those who are harder to reach
How to initiate more effective communication with parents in your setting
Developing a personalised action plan to embed parental engagement across your school
Downloadable resources and reflective activities to apply learning to your context

Research from the Education Endowment Foundation confirms that parental engagement is consistently associated with improved academic outcomes. This course gives you the practical tools to make that happen in your school.

Approx. 2 hours of structured digital learning on parental engagement
Practical video content led by experienced educators in relational practice and nurture
Downloadable resources, worksheets and practical tools for your setting
Reflective activities to tailor learning to your school’s specific context
Certificate of completion for your CPD records

Self-paced and divided into bite-sized chapters. Access anytime, anywhere, at your own speed.

After completing this course, you will be able to:

Apply the Six Principles of Nurture to strengthen family partnerships
Communicate more effectively with parents, including during difficult or sensitive conversations
Recognise and address barriers to parental engagement in your school community
Build trust with families who are harder to reach or who have had negative experiences of school
Develop a practical action plan for improving family engagement at school level
Contribute to your school’s Ofsted evidence for inclusive leadership and community engagement

This training is designed for educators:

Class teachers and teaching assistants managing daily parent communication
SENCOs, pastoral leads and family liaison officers working with complex family situations
School leaders embedding a consistent approach to parental engagement
Whole-staff CPD programmes focused on family partnerships

It is particularly useful for schools where attendance or behaviour challenges are linked to weak home-school relationships.

The course sits at the develop level of our framework.

It is ideal for educators who want to strengthen their school’s approach to working with parents, families and carers using the Six Principles of Nurture.

Your next step after this course would be to move onto our enhance training packages, or to sign up for the National Nurturing Schools Programme to embed the approach across your whole school.

Pricing

£25 plus VAT.

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Parents play a crucial role in supporting their children’s learning, and levels of parental engagement are consistently associated with better academic outcomes

Education Endowment Foundation, Working with Parents to Support Children's Learning