Every Parent Matters

The importance of parental influence on children is unequivocal. Parents need to engage as partners in their children's learning and development, from the earliest age, during the school years and into youth.

The documents explain current and emerging activity which enables parents to help their children learn, enjoy and achieve — whether those parents are cohabiting, married, living with their children or not. It highlights a number of gaps in what has been available, sets out how the system might best respond, and how this area could develop.

In taking this agenda forward, the DfES will engage a range of service delivery organisations (including schools) across the spectrum of services for children and their families.