Parent partnership training helps your team build the relationships that matter most to children’s outcomes. Parents and carers are the most significant influence on children’s development — studies show the quality of the home learning environment has a stronger effect on children’s intellectual and social development than any other factor.
For your setting, strong two-way partnerships mean information flows in both directions: by sharing what you each see, you and parents can respond to individual children’s needs and support their learning together. The EYFS Statutory Framework identifies these relationships as an essential element of ‘Enabling Environments’ — so this is core practice, not an optional extra.
What you’ll learn
- Why building partnerships with parents matters, and what the EYFS expects of your setting
- When your relationship with a family really starts — earlier than you might think
- Different ways to communicate with parents and carers effectively
- How sharing information helps you respond to each child’s individual needs
- How genuine partnerships support children’s learning and development at home and in your setting
Who this course is for
Key persons, practitioners and managers in nursery and early years settings who want to strengthen family engagement. It suits new practitioners learning what good parent partnership looks like, as well as experienced staff who want to refresh their approach and communicate more confidently with every family.
Why this training matters
Because the home learning environment influences children’s intellectual and social development more strongly than any other factor, the relationship between your setting and each family directly shapes outcomes. The EYFS Statutory Framework recognises this by naming partnerships with parents as an essential element of ‘Enabling Environments’ — making this training both a quality issue and a framework expectation.
How the course works
The course is delivered online and takes around one hour, completed at your own pace on any device. That makes it easy to roll out across a whole staff team — during induction, as part of a staff meeting, or as individual CPD around the daily routine.
Your certificate
Successful candidates receive the Building Partnerships With Parents completion certificate, providing evidence for compliance and audit and supporting continued professional development. National Nursery Training is an NFAQ-accredited training provider, so your certificate carries recognised accreditation.
