Comment: | After School Clubs (sometimes known as Out-of-School Clubs) look after school age children after school - and in some cases before school too; these are known as Breakfast Clubs. If they look after children under the age of eight, they must by law be registered and regularly inspected by OFSTED, and they will have had a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check done on all staff. There are minimum qualifications required too.
Most Clubs are based in school premises, and are exclusive to that school. However, some do operate by collecting children from various schools by minibus.
For information about choosing childcare, and comprehensive and accurate lists of Registered After School Clubs in your area, contact your local Childrens Information Service (CIS).
Alternatively, you can use Childcarelink via the Web address shown, or obtain details of your local information service and factsheets on your childcare options from ChildcareLink freephone 08000-96-02-9.
ChildcareLink is supported by the Sure Start Unit, the Scottish Executive and the Welsh Assembly as part of their National Childcare Strategies |
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