This report presents the findings of the process evaluation of the Stronger Practice Hubs (SPH) programme. The SPH programme was launched in November 2022 to run as a two year programme, though was subsequently extended to the end of March 2025. The aim of the programme was to support settings to address the impact of the pandemic on young children, by 'strong' early years (EY) settings (Hubs) sharing good practice and creating lasting local networks of early year practitioners. The evaluation was undertaken to understand the implementation experience of the SPH programme, the response of the EY sector to the offer, and to understand the outcomes of the programme in respect of improving knowledge, confidence and practice of those working in EY. The SPH programme was one strand of the government's Early Years Education Recovery (EYER) package, announced in June 2021. This was an investment of up to £180m, and comprised a series of workforce training, qualifications and support programmes for the EY sector to address the impact of the pandemic on the youngest and most disadvantaged children in England. The majority of the strands of the EYER package are being evaluated, with a separate project to combine all the evaluations and data together to inform an overarching evaluation of the EYER package.