Sure Start (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Sure Start" in English language version.

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The 1998 Green Paper Archived 17 June 2009 at archive.today Department for Children, Schools and Families, 30 April 2009
Early Years and childcare information for LAs Archived 16 May 2009 at archive.today Department for Children, Schools and Families, 28 May 2009

bbc.co.uk (Global: 8^th place; English: 10^th place)

Closure threat to '250 children's centres' BBC News, 28 January 2011
Many children's centres 'under threat of closure' BBC News, 14 January 2011
Parent threatens action over Sure Start closure plan BBC News, 24 March 2011
Mothers take Sure Start cuts fight to Downing Street BBC News, 3 April 2011
"Changes to Oxfordshire children's centre plans dismissed by campaigners". BBC News. 10 February 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
"High Court backs Oxfordshire children's centre closures". BBC News. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
Farley, Harry (6 July 2025). "Family hubs to open in every council in England". BBC News. Retrieved 7 July 2025.

bbc.com (Global: 20^th place; English: 30^th place)

"Children living near Sure Start centres did better at GCSEs, study suggests". BBC News. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.

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The Impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on five-year-olds and their families National Evaluation of Sure Start team, November 2010
The Impact of Sure Start Local Programmes on Three Year Olds and Their Families National Evaluation of Sure Start Research Team, March 2008

birminghammail.co.uk (Global: 1,411^th place; English: 804^th place)

Cousins, Jordan (6 July 2025). "Families to receive £400m boost from the government". BirminghamLive. Retrieved 7 July 2025.

bmj.com (Global: 1,226^th place; English: 1,421^st place)

bmj.com

Torjesen, Ingrid (2016). "Austerity cuts are eroding benefits of Sure Start Children's Centres". BMJ. 352: i335. doi:10.1136/bmj.i335. PMID 26785865. S2CID 39279360.
Parenting intervention in Sure Start services for children at risk of developing conduct disorder: pragmatic randomised controlled trial BMJ, 23 January 2007
Hall, James; Sammons, Pam; Sylva, Kathy; Evangelou, Maria; Eisenstadt, Naomi; Smith, Teresa; Smith, George (2016). "Disadvantaged families are at greatest risk from austerity cuts to Children's Centres". BMJ. 352: i897. doi:10.1136/bmj.i897. hdl:10871/23313. PMID 26907950. S2CID 34655408.

bmjopen.bmj.com

Hayre, Jatinder; Pearce, Helen; Khera, Raj; Lunn, Amy Dehn; Ford, John Alexander (1 February 2025). "Health impacts of the Sure Start programme on disadvantaged children in the UK: a systematic review". BMJ Open. 15 (2) e089983. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089983. ISSN 2044-6055. PMC 11842985. PMID 39979044.

channel4.com (Global: 706^th place; English: 437^th place)

"Will Labour bring back Sure Start under the Shadow Chancellor's new plans?". Channel 4 News. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.

cypnow.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Professionals would back return to Sure Start, survey suggests". Children & Young People Now. 7 February 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2025.

daynurseries.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

Berg, Viktor (16 February 2021). "What is a Sure Start Children's Centre?". daynurseries.co.uk. Retrieved 27 July 2023.

dcsf.gov.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

The 1998 Green Paper Archived 17 June 2009 at archive.today Department for Children, Schools and Families, 30 April 2009
Early Years and childcare information for LAs Archived 16 May 2009 at archive.today Department for Children, Schools and Families, 28 May 2009
Guidance resources – Every Child matters Archived 2 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine Department for Children, Schools and Families, 30 March 2006

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Glass N (1999). "Sure Start: The Development of an Early Intervention Programme for Young Children in the United Kingdom". Children & Society. 13 (4): 257–264. doi:10.1002/CHI569.
Torjesen, Ingrid (2016). "Austerity cuts are eroding benefits of Sure Start Children's Centres". BMJ. 352: i335. doi:10.1136/bmj.i335. PMID 26785865. S2CID 39279360.
Roberts H (June 2000). "What is Sure Start?". Archives of Disease in Childhood. 82 (6): 435–7. doi:10.1136/adc.82.6.435. PMC 1718349. PMID 10833172.
Hall, James; Sammons, Pam; Sylva, Kathy; Evangelou, Maria; Eisenstadt, Naomi; Smith, Teresa; Smith, George (2016). "Disadvantaged families are at greatest risk from austerity cuts to Children's Centres". BMJ. 352: i897. doi:10.1136/bmj.i897. hdl:10871/23313. PMID 26907950. S2CID 34655408.
Hayre, Jatinder; Pearce, Helen; Khera, Raj; Lunn, Amy Dehn; Ford, John Alexander (1 February 2025). "Health impacts of the Sure Start programme on disadvantaged children in the UK: a systematic review". BMJ Open. 15 (2) e089983. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089983. ISSN 2044-6055. PMC 11842985. PMID 39979044.

dur.ac.uk (Global: 3,728^th place; English: 2,318^th place)

Sure Start in County Durham University of Durham, 17 December 2010

education.gov.uk (Global: low place; English: 9,514^th place)

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Governance guidance for Sure Start Children's Centres and extended schools Department for Education and Skills, 2007

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"What Will a New Government Mean for the Education System?". Education Conferences UK. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2025.

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Sure Start Case Study for Economic and Social Research Council, 2010

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Delphine Strauss (4 June 2019). "England's Sure Start scheme cuts hospital admissions for under 5s". Financial Times.(subscription required)

gov.scot (Global: 7,387^th place; English: 4,467^th place)

"Best Start Grant". www.gov.scot. Retrieved 13 April 2024.

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"Help paying for childcare".

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Hall, James; Sammons, Pam; Sylva, Kathy; Evangelou, Maria; Eisenstadt, Naomi; Smith, Teresa; Smith, George (2016). "Disadvantaged families are at greatest risk from austerity cuts to Children's Centres". BMJ. 352: i897. doi:10.1136/bmj.i897. hdl:10871/23313. PMID 26907950. S2CID 34655408.

ifs.org.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"The short- and medium-term impacts of Sure Start on educational outcomes". Institute for Fiscal Studies. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 13 April 2024.

independent.co.uk (Global: 36^th place; English: 33^rd place)

"'There's a simple reason why children are starting school without skills and the government has to answer for it'". The Independent. 1 June 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

localgov.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

Peart, Lee (5 June 2025). "'Burning platform' warning on early years' services". LocalGov Magazine. Retrieved 20 July 2025.

medicalxpress.com (Global: 8,255^th place; English: low place)

Journal, British Medical. "Cuts to children's support centres in England linked to thousands more kids with obesity". medicalxpress.com. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

mirror.co.uk (Global: 245^th place; English: 189^th place)

Mudie, Keir (15 February 2020). "Tories have closed 1,300 family centres in last 10 years, figures reveal". mirror. Retrieved 15 July 2022.

newstatesman.com (Global: 1,108^th place; English: 661^st place)

"How the weather changed on the "cruel" two-child benefit cap". New Statesman. 28 May 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.

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Torjesen, Ingrid (2016). "Austerity cuts are eroding benefits of Sure Start Children's Centres". BMJ. 352: i335. doi:10.1136/bmj.i335. PMID 26785865. S2CID 39279360.
Roberts H (June 2000). "What is Sure Start?". Archives of Disease in Childhood. 82 (6): 435–7. doi:10.1136/adc.82.6.435. PMC 1718349. PMID 10833172.
Hall, James; Sammons, Pam; Sylva, Kathy; Evangelou, Maria; Eisenstadt, Naomi; Smith, Teresa; Smith, George (2016). "Disadvantaged families are at greatest risk from austerity cuts to Children's Centres". BMJ. 352: i897. doi:10.1136/bmj.i897. hdl:10871/23313. PMID 26907950. S2CID 34655408.
Hayre, Jatinder; Pearce, Helen; Khera, Raj; Lunn, Amy Dehn; Ford, John Alexander (1 February 2025). "Health impacts of the Sure Start programme on disadvantaged children in the UK: a systematic review". BMJ Open. 15 (2) e089983. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089983. ISSN 2044-6055. PMC 11842985. PMID 39979044.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Roberts H (June 2000). "What is Sure Start?". Archives of Disease in Childhood. 82 (6): 435–7. doi:10.1136/adc.82.6.435. PMC 1718349. PMID 10833172.
Hayre, Jatinder; Pearce, Helen; Khera, Raj; Lunn, Amy Dehn; Ford, John Alexander (1 February 2025). "Health impacts of the Sure Start programme on disadvantaged children in the UK: a systematic review". BMJ Open. 15 (2) e089983. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089983. ISSN 2044-6055. PMC 11842985. PMID 39979044.

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A Head Start for Australia: An Early Years Framework Archived 28 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine NSW Commission for Children and Young People, 26 February 2004

oxfordtimes.co.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Under-threat children's centres handed more than £300,000". The Oxford Times. 13 February 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.

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Foster, David; Bate, Alex (9 June 2017). "Sure Start (England) – Parliament UK". House of Commons Library.

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"The impact of children's centres: studying the effects of children's centres in promoting better outcomes for young children and their families" (PDF). UK Department for Education.

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Torjesen, Ingrid (2016). "Austerity cuts are eroding benefits of Sure Start Children's Centres". BMJ. 352: i335. doi:10.1136/bmj.i335. PMID 26785865. S2CID 39279360.
Hall, James; Sammons, Pam; Sylva, Kathy; Evangelou, Maria; Eisenstadt, Naomi; Smith, Teresa; Smith, George (2016). "Disadvantaged families are at greatest risk from austerity cuts to Children's Centres". BMJ. 352: i897. doi:10.1136/bmj.i897. hdl:10871/23313. PMID 26907950. S2CID 34655408.

telegraph.co.uk (Global: 30^th place; English: 24^th place)

250 Sure Start centres 'could close within a year' The Telegraph, 28 January 2011

tes.com (Global: low place; English: 5,860^th place)

Uttley, Jonny (8 July 2025). "Why 'Best Start' is a fresh start in tackling disadvantage". TES Magazine. Retrieved 20 July 2025.

theguardian.com (Global: 12^th place; English: 11^th place)

O'Connor J (26 April 2015). "Tessa Jowell: 'I'm most proud of setting up Sure Start'". The Guardian. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
Shaky Times for Sure Start The Guardian, 13 September 2005
Patrick Butler (4 June 2019). "Sure Start programme saved the NHS millions of pounds, study finds". The Guardian.
Weale, Sally; Crerar, Pippa (8 April 2024). "Senior Labour figures call for 'life-transforming' Sure Start policy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
Glass N (5 January 2005). "Surely some mistake?". The Guardian. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
Rigby L (6 February 2017). "Sure Start worked. So why is Theresa May out to kill it?". The Guardian.
"1,000 Sure Start children's centres may have shut since 2010". The Guardian. 4 April 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
Crerar, Pippa; Elgot, Jessica (25 May 2025). "UK child poverty taskforce set to recommend return of Sure Start scheme". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 July 2025. The child poverty taskforce has recommended bringing back Sure Start
Cosslett, Rhiannon Lucy (1 June 2025). "Momentum to revive Sure Start is long overdue – it's been a lifeline for my son and me". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
Taylor, Harry (6 July 2025). "One-stop family hubs to be opened in all English council areas". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 July 2025.

thelancet.com (Global: 2,393^rd place; English: 3,174^th place)

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"Sure Start". 11 May 2011.

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Medlicott, Lauren Crosby (11 July 2025). "The Lead Untangles: Will reform of SEND provision just be a cost-cutting measure?". The Lead. Retrieved 20 July 2025.

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£3bn scheme to help pre-school children learn 'has had no effect'^{[dead link]} The Times, 28 August 2007

unison.org.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

Ayad, Fatima (16 June 2024). "Cuts to children's centres hitting the most disadvantaged". UNISON National. Retrieved 3 December 2025.

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A Head Start for Australia: An Early Years Framework Archived 28 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine NSW Commission for Children and Young People, 26 February 2004
Guidance resources – Every Child matters Archived 2 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine Department for Children, Schools and Families, 30 March 2006

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Weale, Sally; Crerar, Pippa (8 April 2024). "Senior Labour figures call for 'life-transforming' Sure Start policy". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
Hayre, Jatinder; Pearce, Helen; Khera, Raj; Lunn, Amy Dehn; Ford, John Alexander (1 February 2025). "Health impacts of the Sure Start programme on disadvantaged children in the UK: a systematic review". BMJ Open. 15 (2) e089983. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2024-089983. ISSN 2044-6055. PMC 11842985. PMID 39979044.

Sure Start (English Wikipedia)

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