The latest report from the National Evaluation of Sure Start at Birkbeck College, University of London, is based on a follow-up of more than 5,000 seven-year-olds and their families living in areas with a Sure Start local programme (SSLP).
The report says that Government efforts to support children and their families through the original area-based approach to Sure Start paid off to some degree with parent outcomes, but not with regard to child outcomes.
It suggests that this is likely to be due to a focus on providing support and intervention for parents rather than on programmes likely to boost child development during the early phases of Sure Start.
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