Alliance comments on government’s parenting classes announcement
11th January 2016
Commenting on the Government’s announcement regarding parenting classes, Neil Leitch, chief executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance, said:
“The Alliance has long held the belief that parents are a child’s most important educators, and so welcomes any investment into initiatives aimed at helping parents to engage with their children and support their early development in the best ways possible. That said, it’s vital that these classes recognise that one size doesn’t fit all, and ensures that the focus is on building and supporting positive relationships between parent and child, and not on ‘discipline’ and ‘control’. It’s also vital that the scheme receives sufficient funding to ensure that take-up is high, that the classes reach families who feel they need additional support, and critically, that the quality of the classes is such that they do in fact provide a useful service to the parents that use them.”
For further information or to interview, Neil Leitch, Chief Executive of the Pre-school Learning Alliance please contact:
Emma Caldwell
Pre-school Learning Alliance
T: 020 7697 2598
E: Emma Caldwell
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Notes for editors
- The Pre-school Learning Alliance is the largest voluntary sector provider of quality affordable childcare and education in England.
- Through direct provision and its membership of 14,000 nurseries, sessional pre-schools and parent and toddler groups, the Alliance supports over 800,000 children and their families in England. The Alliance also develops and runs family learning programmes, offers information and advice, runs acclaimed training and accreditation programmes and campaigns to influence early years policy and practice.
- For information about the Pre-school Learning Alliance, visit our website: