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Sure Start Nuneaton Evaluation of Early Years and Childcare Service

Sure Start Nuneaton Evaluation of Early Years and Childcare Service. Sure Start Nuneaton Janet Whitehead Independent Consultant. Research Question.

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Sure Start Nuneaton Evaluation of Early Years and Childcare Service

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  1. Sure Start NuneatonEvaluation of Early Years and Childcare Service Sure Start Nuneaton Janet Whitehead Independent Consultant

  2. Research Question “The study aims to evaluate the short term impact of the early years work and childcare services funded by the Sure Start Nuneaton Partnership to provide evidence for the sustainability of the work when Sure Start funding ceases.”

  3. Hypotheses • Ethos, values and culture • Resourcing – human, physical and environmental • Integrated service approach • Relationships with parents - modelling learning through play

  4. Small scale impact study Qualitative design To monitor and evaluate coverage of the “Every Child Matters” outcomes (using the criteria for inspection) Observation Analysis of documentation and statistics Interviews with Managerial staff and Clinicians Questionnaire and focus group interview with early years staff Interviews with receiving Nurseries Individual and group interviews with sample of parents Methodology and Research Methods

  5. “Every Child Matters” Outcomes • Stay Safe • Be Healthy • Enjoy and Achieve • Make a Positive Contribution • Achieve economic well-being

  6. Be Healthy:Examples of evidence collection

  7. Be Healthy:Examples of evidence collection

  8. Abundance of evidence through observation of sessions to support this outcome. Four receiving Nurseries visited – one interview with Head, three with nursery teachers. None of the Nurseries formally identified families who had accessed Sure Start services Two Nurseries were able to identify families using informal methods Through informal identification… Two Nurseries were confident Sure Start had impacted on children’s readiness for Nursery: e.g. independence, confidence One Nursery was confident Sure Start had impacted on parent’s partnership with school Enjoy and Achieve:Visits to Receiving Nurseries

  9. Interim Findings The early years and childcare service has significant impact on the families who access the service. • The service works in partnership with other service providers and clinicians, both within Sure Start, and within the mainstream - mainly through Health Visitors. • The service both supports and is supported by the work of clinicians. • The service delivers the requirements of four of the five Every Child Matters outcomes comprehensively. • Further links with receiving Nurseries could be beneficial to ensure professional information can be shared and more families reached.

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