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Evaluation of the Parent Academy programme aiming to improve attainment of pupils aged 7 to 11 by motivating and educating parents

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Open to: All Genders

Age: Adult

Middlesbrough London

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This study will test the hypothesis that educating parents in how to support their child’s learning can improve the attainment of pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds, focusing on children in Key Stage 2 aged 7-11. It focuses on the added value of intervening with parents, and investigating the effect of incentives in motivating and engaging them. If successful, the project may lead to a further study of more complex incentive structures.

Start dates may differ between countries and research sites. The research team are responsible for keeping the information up-to-date.  

The recruitment start and end dates are as follows:

20 Aug 2014 20 Sep 2014

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Funder report results in https://educationendowmentfoundation.org.uk/projects-and-evaluation/projects/parenting-academy/ results

The Parent Academy is delivered over 8 months. There are approximately 20 parents in a class and each class meet every fortnight, totalling 13 sessions across the 8 months. The classes last an hour and a half and follow a curriculum aligned with the learning of the pupils at school, so that similar topics are being taught at both simultaneously. The design is a three arm study (two treatment groups and a control group) individual-level randomised control trial. Within each school, parents of pupils in Years 3 to 6 will be randomly allocated to one of three groups:
1. Control group (‘business as usual’)
2. Intervention group
3. Intervention group (with incentives for attendance)
Take-up in the two intervention arms is expected to be less than 100%, so we will analyse outcomes according to the original treatment allocation of the parents (intention to treat).


Parents of a pupil attending a school participating on the study.

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Below are the locations for where you can take part in the trial. Please note that not all sites may be open.

  • Middlesbrough Council
    PO Box 500
    Middlesbrough
    TS1 9FT
  • London Borough of Camden
    5 Pancras Square
    London
    N1C 4AG

Benefits of participating in the study are that parents may be able to engage better with the school and other parents. There are no specific risks of participating in the study, although parents may feel under pressure to take part in the evening classes.

Where is the study run from?
16 schools in disadvantaged areas in Middlesbrough (8 schools) and Camden (8 schools).

Dr Fatima Husain



The study is sponsored by Education Endowment Foundation and funded by Education Endowment Foundation.



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Read full details for Trial ID: ISRCTN42518213
Last updated 19 January 2018

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