Learning from Local Evaluation

HeadStart was a ‘test and learn’ research programme, so learning about what was and wasn’t working was very important to the development of programme from the beginning.

Where things weren’t working as well as hoped, they could be adapted to make them better based on what people were feeding back and saying. This booklet pulls together key learning from the local research that was carried out over the past six years in one place to give a summary of what was found.

Evidence was gathered from lots of different people and in various ways. Some people took part in interviews or focus groups and others may have answered a survey. Lots of routine data, like the names of young people accessing support, were also collected to build a picture of what was happening.