Publications from the National Evaluation of Sure Start:
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• Implementing SSLPs - an in-depth study (part one) (External link)

  The findings of the case-study analysis of 20 round 1 to 4 programmes carried out in the implementation module of the National Evaluation of Sure Start.

• Implementing SSLPs - an in-depth study (part two): A close up on services (External link)

  An in-depth picture of the individual services being delivered by the first 260 Sure Start Local Programmes.

• Implementing Sure Start Local Programmes - an integrated overview of the first four years (External link)

• Improving the employability of parents in Sure Start Local Programmes (External link)

  Identifies the scale and range of activities SSLPs are undertaking to improve the employability of parents.

• Maternity services provision in Sure Start Local Programmes (External link)

• National evaluation - early experiences of implementing Sure Start (External link)

  The first report from the national evaluation of Sure Start, which reports the early experiences of implementing Sure Start Local Programmes.

• Outreach and home-visiting services in Sure Start Local Programmes (External link)

  The study aimed to find out how far outreach and home visiting were contributing to the overall aim of Sure Start.

• Promoting speech and language - a themed study in 15 Sure Start Local Programmes (External link)

  Determines the extent to which the emerging knowledge about speech, language and pre-literacy are being utilised in SSLPs, and the role played in this process by speech and language therapists.

• Sure Start and black and minority ethnic populations (External link)

  Reviews the policy and practice issues that arose from the operation of Sure Start local programmes in areas where there were significant black and minority ethnic (BME) populations. It also looked at how smaller BME populations were served in other SSLPs.

• Sure Start Local Programmes and domestic abuse (External link)