Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 15 March 2010.
Terms of Reference
Conclusions and recommendations
Summary
Introduction
1 The development of Children's Centres
What are Children's Centres?
The evolution of Sure Start Children's Centres
The early years evidence base
Sure Start Local Programmes (SSLPs)
Early Excellence Centres (EECs)
The Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative (NNI)
The Effective Provision of Pre-school Education (EPPE) Project
Sure Start Children's Centres
2 The purpose of Children's Centres and their services
Do Children's Centres try to do too much?
Employability and child poverty
Sustaining integrated care and education in Children's Centres
Qualified teacher roles in Children's Centres
Defining 'outreach'
Spreading the benefits to older children
3 Expansion
The rapid expansion to universal coverage
The validity of universal coverage as a policy goal
The practical challenges of expansion
How has local authority management influenced the expansion of Children's Centres?
Should the Government retreat from universal coverage?
4 Impact and evaluation
The evaluation and performance management framework
Opinion in the sector about the impact of Children's Centres
Are the most vulnerable being reached?
Are Children's Centres value for money?
Lack of information
What impact are Children's Centres having beyond their own service users?
How soon can we expect Children's Centres to show results?
Children's Centres funding
5 Partnership
Partnership between Children's Centres and health bodies
Health visitors
Partnership between Jobcentre Plus and Children's Centres
Partnership between Children's Centres and schools
The role of Children's Trusts
Voluntary sector involvement
Annex: record of visit to Queen's Park Children's Centre, Westminster
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
List of written evidence
List of unprinted evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament MINUTES OF EVIDENCE - VOLUME II (HC 130-II)