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All our programmes listed below have been evaluated by an independent team of researchers from the National Academy of Parenting Research at King’s College London against standards for best practice in the field of parenting work. Find out more information for commissioners.

  • Search for a parenting programme by name

  • Programme name

  • Rating

  • Who is the programme for?

  • Programme outcomes

  • Family Nurse Partnership (FNP)
  • Four stars

  • Young, pregnant mothers expecting their first child. Fathers can participate in the programme as well, with the consent of the mother.

  • Improved child behaviour, Reduced risk of child offending, Reduced child maltreatment (actual or risk), Improved parent wellbeing, Improved parent life circumstances (employment; education)

  • Family Foundations
  • Three stars

  • Cohabiting couples expecting their first child

  • Improved child behaviour, Improved parenting practices/competency, Improved parent wellbeing

  • New Beginnings
  • Three stars

  • Mothers and infants in prison experiencing difficulties in the parent/child relationship

  • Improved child general wellbeing/mental health, Improved parenting practices/competency

  • Pathways Triple P
  • Three stars

  • Parents with a child on the child protection register or at risk of maltreating their child

  • Improved child behaviour, Reduced child maltreatment (actual or risk), Improved parenting practices/competency

  • Anna Freud Centre Parent Infant Project (PIP)
  • Two stars

  • Parents and infants under one year of age experiencing difficulties in the parent and baby relationship

  • Improved child general wellbeing/mental health

  • Family Transitions Triple P
  • Two stars

  • Parents who are going through a difficult divorce or separation.

  • Improved child behaviour, Improved parenting practices/competency, Reduced parent stress/depression/mental health problems

  • Mellow Parenting
  • Two stars

  • Mothers with a child aged under five where there are high levels of social and health needs, as well as child protection concerns.

  • Reduced child maltreatment (actual or risk), Improved parenting practices/competency

  • Noughts to Sixes – From Pram to Primary School
  • Two stars

  • Any parent with concerns about their young child's development.

  • Improved child behaviour, Reduced parent stress/depression/mental health problems

  • Parents as First Teachers (PAFT) (‘Born to Learn’)
  • Two stars

  • Parents expecting a child, or with a child aged three or younger

  • Improved child achievement, Improved child general wellbeing/mental health, Improved parenting practices/competency

About the ratings

To be included on this website, parenting programmes are rated using the Parenting Programme Evaluation Tool (PPET). This tool rates parenting programmes against standards of best practice in four domains:

  1. The specificity of the programme’s target population (Who is it for?)
  2. The programme’s theories and activities (What does it do?)
  3. The programme’s training and implementation support systems (Who delivers the programmes and how?)
  4. The strength of the programme’s evaluation evidence (How we know the programme works?).

All programmes receive a rating from 0 to 4 within each category, resulting in four ratings. A rating of 4 means that the programme meets all of the criteria in the category (in other words, the programme is strongly developed in this domain) and a rating of 0 if they do not meet any of the criteria.

  • Four stars
  • Three stars
  • Two stars
  • One star
  • Zero stars
  • Strong
  • Promising
  • Preliminary
  • Requires further development
  • 0 rated

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