… First, Sure Start’s ethos and practice became increasingly out of step with government
policy in regard to childcare. The emphasis on making provision for integrated childcare and …

… high quality services provided many indications of good practice. On the other hand, it …
analysis of the likely causes of child poverty/social exclusion or their rationale of how Sure Start …

… a useful record of practice by SLTs in Sure Start Local Programmes (SSLPs) (see Appendix
2). It may contribute to the establishment of a broad ‘curriculum of practice’ (Rutter Citation…

… While our analysis is informed by familiarity with numerous Sure Start houses that was
obtained … In practice, this means that some methodological principles concerning quality are not …

… ever undertaken in England-Sure Start, the programme designed to … generated by the Sure
Start programmes and local … engaged in current and future practice. Each chapter concludes …

… is an evidence-based policy, with its origins grounded in a thorough analysis of the research
… It is an attempt to put into practice `joined-up thinking' but it is also an outstanding example …

… shape understandings of professional practice in the rapidly … practitioners working in 11
Sure Start Children's Centres are … , was intended to ensure that the analysis took account of the …

… of some families toward Sure Start services. Implications for future practice are discussed. …
The results of this analysis were then compared in order to highlight any inconsistencies or …

… Sure Start local programmes see their role in this way, or that they take this view of the people
that they work with. This analysis … children, rather than on the practices and beliefs of those …

… that Sure Start may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to try out ways of working with families
that we had long wanted to put into practice but never thought the opportunity would arise. …