The Leading Parent Partnership Award is at the heart of the LPPA Programme. It is:
- A recognised national award.
- Suitable for all schools, and other educational settings that work with parents and carers.
- Available to individual schools or settings or to groups working together.
- A developmental process, designed to meet the needs of each school or setting.
- A rigorous but flexible framework, offering 3 routes to achievement.
- Compatible with Every Child Matters, the extended schools and community cohesion agendas, and with Ofstedās parental engagement requirements.
- Usually completed in 9 – 15 months.

