Since 2016 the Education and Training inspectorate (ETI) has been commissioned by the Department of Education to undertake annual evaluations of Sure Start.

During 2020-21, the ETI will be engaging with Sure Start providers with a focus on the challenges, barriers and successes of projects in adapting their planning and delivery of services to children and families in response to COVID-19; a thematic report will publish later in the year.
Information to inform the thematic report will be gathered through questionnaire responses from all 38 Sure Start projects and discussions with: key staff, including a sample of project leaders within each region; and a focus group of parents.
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- ETI update April 2022 to June 2022 29 April 2022
- ETI publishes an evaluation of the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) Business Development Groups 25 March 2022
- ETI publishes an evaluation of the Curriculum Hubs in the six colleges of Further Education in Northern Ireland 25 March 2022
- ETI update February 2022 to May 2022 21 February 2022