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Hit and miss
By Simon Vevers,
Nursery World,
10 February 2005
Targets for Sure Start local programmes have been missed and it is proving difficult for them to tie a knot with health services. Simon Vevers finds out why Chancellor Gordon Brown hailed them as Britain's 'best kept secret', helping parents in disadvantaged areas with parenting skills and providing play and learning opportunities for their children. Yet the early national evaluation of Sure Start local programmes found that only 26 per cent had shown positive outcomes for children.
Targets for Sure Start local programmes have been missed and it is proving difficult for them to tie a knot with health services....
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