Challenges facing interventions to promote equity in the early years: exploring the 'impact', legacy and lessons learned from a national evaluation of Children's Centres in England

• Published in: Oxford review of education Vol. 49; no. 1; pp. 114 - 135
• Main Authors: Sammons, Pamela, Sylva, Kathy, Hall, James, Evangelou, Maria, Smees, Rebecca
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 02.01.2023; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: 21st century; Alternative approaches; Austerity policy; Child Care Centers; Children; Children's centre; disadvantage; Early Childhood Education; Early intervention; effectiveness; Equal Education; Evaluation; Evaluation research; Families & family life; Family (Sociological Unit); Family Involvement; family services; Foreign Countries; Head Start project; impact; Inappropriateness; Intervention; Methods Research; parenting; Predictor Variables; Program Evaluation; Research design; Research methodology; United Kingdom (England); United Kingdom > UK; England

This paper discusses the challenges facing a national evaluation of an early years intervention programme, Sure Start Children's Centres (SSCCs), that was implemented across England in the first decade of the 21st century. The paper describes the rationale for the evaluation's mixed method...