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The majority of Sure Start children's centres are successful in reaching the most vulnerable families, according to a new study by the charity 4Children.
Local authorities in England will be given new duties to ensure that there are sufficient Sure Start children's centres in their area, the Government said last week.
The Local Government Association says it is 'inevitable' councils will be forced to close more children's centres unless the Government provides extra funding.
Concerns have been raised over the standards of care and education in some voluntary and community sector-run children's centres after the first round of pilot Ofsted inspections produced judgements...
Eight in ten Sure Start children's centres in the most deprived areas of the country are outstanding or good, the latest statistics for Ofsted inspections show.
Around 250 children's centres are at risk of closing this year and up to a thousand have warned staff that they are at risk of redundancy, new research has found.
Three Greater Manchester children's centres have been judged 'inadequate' by Ofsted less than six months after they became a 'cluster'.
Seventy per cent of children centres managed as clusters, or as 'hub and spoke' models, were rated as 'requires improvement' under the new inspection framework.
Cutting back on the number of Sure Start Children's Centres in response to short-term financial pressure could jeopardise the future of the programme, a group of MPs has warned.
A new report calls for more children’s centres, particularly those in areas with ‘high concentrations’ of vulnerable families, to register births.