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About Sure Start Children's Centres

Sure Start brings together childcare, early education, health and family-support services for families with children under 5 years old.

Sure Start brings together childcare, early education, health and family-support services for families with children under 5 years old. It is the cornerstone of the Government’s drive to tackle child poverty and social exclusion working with parents-to-be, parents, carers and children to promote the physical, intellectual and social development of babies and young children so that they can flourish at home and when they get to school.

Sure Start brings together service providers from the statutory sector like health, social services and early education, as well as voluntary, private and community organisations and parents themselves, to provide integrated services for young children and their families based on what local children need and parents want.

From this page you can access planning, practice and performance-management guidance for Sure Start Children's Centres.

Associated documents

Word Document Sure Start Children's Centres and extended services update to local authorities (March 2010) (32.5Kb)
This update provides details of recent developments in Sure Start Children's Centres and extended services, including an update on the target for 3,500 children’s centres, support for local authorities from 'Together for Children' and advice on SSEYCG capital spend.

PDF Document Practice guidance sections 00-02 (1.2Kb)

Word Document Planning and performance management: Framework (54.5Kb)

Word Document Planning and performance management: Guidance 2008 (38Kb)

PDF Document Practice guidance sections 03-13 (1.2Kb)

PDF Document Children's centre guidance July 2005 (198.3Kb)

PDF Document Practice guidance sections 14-21 (1.2Kb)

PDF Document Planning and performance management: Guidance 2006 (617.7Kb)

Word Document Self-evaluation form (210Kb)

PDF Document Letter to LAs (255.5Kb)

Word Document Sure Start briefing: Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill (413.5Kb)

Word Document Children's centre guidance July 2005 (553Kb)

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Last updated on 06/04/2010