The £5m two-year trial launched by the Department for Education last year was intended to de-stigmatise parenting classes and make attending them as much a part of bringing up children as going to ante-natal classes.
The pilot is part of a drive by ministers towards parenting classes for all, with the intention of making asking for support with parenting the norm, rather than the exception.
Montessori St Nicholas which has been running the CANparent classes in Camden - one of three areas trialling the classes - said that despite spending £100,000 of the charity’s funds and distributing thousands of leaflets, just 32 parents of children under five had signed up.
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