Sure Start Children's Centres practice guidance

Guidance for all involved with Sure Start Children's Centres

Children’s Centre Practice Guidance - November 2006

This document sets out evidence from the Sure Start local programme evaluation and other research about how to deliver services that have a real impact on children's outcomes. In particular:

  • Reaching the most disadvantaged families and children
  • Increasing consistency in the level of support services offered
  • Grounding children's centres practice in evidence
  • Improving multi-agency working
  • Raising the quality of early years provision, and
  • Employing more highly trained and high quality staff