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Eleven Sure Start Local Programmes: an outsider’s perspective

Abstract

This chapter examines the need for a new initiative, the evidence for this, the content of the provision, the design of the programme, and the research evaluation and design, and concludes with an overview. It brings out positive elements of the initiative, as well as making critical comments. The chapter also focuses on effects on child and family functioning rather than on the longer-term and more indirect effects on child poverty. It questions whether the government has learnt any lessons from the experience of the implementation and evaluation of SSLPs.

Abstract

This chapter examines the need for a new initiative, the evidence for this, the content of the provision, the design of the programme, and the research evaluation and design, and concludes with an overview. It brings out positive elements of the initiative, as well as making critical comments. The chapter also focuses on effects on child and family functioning rather than on the longer-term and more indirect effects on child poverty. It questions whether the government has learnt any lessons from the experience of the implementation and evaluation of SSLPs.

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. List of tables and figures v
  4. Foreword vii
  5. List of abbreviations xiii
  6. Notes on contributors xiv
  7. The historical and policy context
  8. The policy background to Sure Start 3
  9. The local context of Sure Start Local Programmes
  10. Targeting deprived areas: the nature of the Sure Start Local Programme neighbourhoods 25
  11. The challenge of profiling communities 45
  12. The implementation of Sure Start Local Programmes
  13. The methodologies for the evaluation of complex interventions: an ongoing debate 65
  14. Sure Start Local Programmes: an overview of the implementation task 79
  15. Living with Sure Start: human experience of an early intervention programme 97
  16. The costs and benefits of Sure Start Local Programmes 113
  17. The impact of Sure Start Local Programmes
  18. Impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on children and families 133
  19. Variation in Sure Start Local Programmes: consequences for children and families 155
  20. How Sure Start Local Programme areas changed 173
  21. Conclusion
  22. Sure Start Local Programmes: an outsider’s perspective 197
  23. Index 211
The National Evaluation of Sure Start
This chapter is in the book The National Evaluation of Sure Start
https://doi.org/10.56687/9781847423009-015

Chapters in this book

  1. Front Matter i
  2. Contents iii
  3. List of tables and figures v
  4. Foreword vii
  5. List of abbreviations xiii
  6. Notes on contributors xiv
  7. The historical and policy context
  8. The policy background to Sure Start 3
  9. The local context of Sure Start Local Programmes
  10. Targeting deprived areas: the nature of the Sure Start Local Programme neighbourhoods 25
  11. The challenge of profiling communities 45
  12. The implementation of Sure Start Local Programmes
  13. The methodologies for the evaluation of complex interventions: an ongoing debate 65
  14. Sure Start Local Programmes: an overview of the implementation task 79
  15. Living with Sure Start: human experience of an early intervention programme 97
  16. The costs and benefits of Sure Start Local Programmes 113
  17. The impact of Sure Start Local Programmes
  18. Impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on children and families 133
  19. Variation in Sure Start Local Programmes: consequences for children and families 155
  20. How Sure Start Local Programme areas changed 173
  21. Conclusion
  22. Sure Start Local Programmes: an outsider’s perspective 197
  23. Index 211
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