Our mothers would have been green with envy; out-of-school childcare is now a must for many working parents. Kids' Clubs Network, the national charity for school-aged childcare, reckons there are now 7,000 such schemes across the UK. Nursery chains, it seems, are increasingly adding out-of-hours care to their services to drive their business forward.
The increase in lone parents and more mothers in paid employment are the obvious factors fuelling demand. Both have been shored up by a two-pronged Government policy which is encouraging mothers in particular back to work and increasing funding for childcare to support it.
Most after-school clubs run until 6pm and will pick up children from schools. Daily charges range from 4-7, rising to 40-50 a week during holidays.
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