What’s it all about? As part of the government’s drive to reduce bureaucracy, the Department for Education has revisited the Sure Start Children’s Centres Statutory Guidance to ensure it is “concise, focused and clear about what is required by law”.
The guidance was first issued in March 2010 and was revised in October 2010. The draft revised statutory guidance no longer specifies what children’s centres must do and how they must do it, but focuses on the “core purpose”, setting out the outcomes centres should seek to achieve.
It does not impose any “new burdens” on local authorities or statutory partners, but provides clarification on duties.
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