Sure Start

Sure Start is a Programme targeted at parents and children under the age of four living in the most disadvantaged areas.

Sure Start projects deliver a wide variety of services which are designed to support children’s learning skills, health and well-being, and social and emotional development.

Sure Start partnerships information

Follow the links below to the nidirect website where information is published on the services that Sure Start partnerships provide and also lists of the Sure Start partnerships.

Sure Start Services
Sure Start Partnerships A-C
Sure Start Partnerships D-Z

Circulars

This circular sets out the additional requirement for schools to record data relating to Sure Start on the C2k School Management Information System (SIMS), for each year one pupil in September 2015, as part of the 2015/16 school census data collection exercise.

Circular 2015/20 - 2015/16 School Census - Sure Start Programme - Data Collection

Review of Sure Start

Independent Review of Sure Start Final Report
Independent Review of Sure Star Programme - Appendices Report

Applying for a funded pre-school place - 2018/19
Childcare Strategy
Curricular guidance
Draft Early Years (0-6) Strategy Consultation
Early Intervention Transformation Programme
Early years education
Guidance for pre-school education providers
Guidance on induction and transition in pre-school education and Year 1 of primary school
Investing in Early Learning (1998)
Learning to Learn
Learning to Learn Consultation
Pre-school places
Pre-school Review 2004 - A fresh start for early years
Qualifications for early years specialists
Review of Pre-School Admissions Arrangements
The Pathway Fund

Sure Start partnerships information

Circulars

Review of Sure Start

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