Based on information supplied by local authorities, as at 31 May 2019, there were 2,353 children\u2019s centre and 700 linked sites[1] open to families and children providing children's centre services as part of a network.<\/p>
Sure Start children\u2019s centres were rolled out in three phases between 2004 and 2010. A National Audit Office memorandum to the Children, Schools and Families Committee in 2009[2] published data on the number of children\u2019s centres rolled out in phases 1 and 2 as set out in the table below.<\/p>
<\/p><\/td> | Number of centres during each phase<\/p><\/td> | Cumulative total<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Phase 1 2004-2006<\/p><\/td> | 1126<\/p><\/td> | 1126<\/p><\/td><\/tr> |
Phase 2 2006-2008<\/p><\/td> | 1781<\/p><\/td> | 2907<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> There are no published records of the number of children\u2019s centres that had been opened by the end of the 2007 calendar year. The 2008 statistic is based on management information that the Department for Education holds on the pattern of children\u2019s centre designations[3] during the roll out of Phase 2 children\u2019s centres between 2006 and 2008. This data shows there were fewer than 2,300 children\u2019s centres prior to 2008.<\/p> The Department for Education will publish the management information in an ad-hoc statistical release in due course.<\/p> <\/p> [1] Source: Get Information about Schools database https://www.get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/<\/a>.<\/p> |