The Sure Start programme was introduced in England in 1999 with the aim of improving the life chances of children living in poverty. Five years later, it became a service for all children. At its peak ...

Sure Start centres were designed for parents of children under five to access integrated support around health, education and parenting Children from low-income families who grew up near a Sure Start ...

A new report shows how transformational the initiative was. But Keir Starmer’s early-years plans lack the same vision Sure Start did change the lives of children, a new report by the Institute for ...

New mum Sherrin Bergqvist lay in her bed in the early hours of a freezing January morning in tears. She had recently had her first child and expected to be blissfully happy. But anxiety and depression ...

Sure Start centres, aimed at improving early years health and education in England, brought "big benefits for children's health", researchers say. The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) found a ...

Parents have explained how Sure Start children’s centres have been a “lifeline” for them, as the Sutton Trust reveals as many as 1,000 have closed since 2009. Sure Start is a national network of ...

Has Conservative MP Nick Boles served a death warrant on Sure Start? In a speech to the Resolution Foundation this week he suggested it would be a good idea to cut this ambitious childcare and child ...

Researchers say the number of closures is far higher than previously realised THE early years initiative has been hit by a fresh wave of criticism after it emerged that up to 1,000 centres may have ...