Claire Dent, negotiations officer, Aspect
High-quality early years support has a dramatic and lasting effect on children’s lives. It is therefore heartening that the government has recognised this by incentivising local authorities to focus on reducing inequalities in child development and improve health and wellbeing in children.
Payment-by-results may encourage local authorities to focus on improving outcomes for the most disadvantaged in society. However, caution must be exercised when analysing these figures.
It is notoriously difficult to measure the impact targeted support has on the most hard-to-reach families. It is not just about how many families access the services Sure Start centres offer, but whether they are being taken up by the most vulnerable families.
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