Letter informing parents about the closure of after school club

It might well be annoying but if not enough people use it, the service will be withdrawn the same as any other. Ours closed too because not enough children used it and they have to pay staff to run it. They were losing money so couldn't really be expected to keep it going.

An outside company runs the wrap around care at the school where work. Since COVID the numbers have dropped steadily. In the years since COVID we have waived the rent, waived their contribution towards energy and our school keeper works 20 minya day for no pay, in order to allow them to remain open for parents who struggle to get here by the time school closes at 6pm. They are still struggling to make ends meet and since we have no other way to help them reduce costs, they only need one family to stop attending and they will most likely have to close. It's entirely possible that your wrap around care has found itself in a similar situation.

That's really, really poor

Will you change schools?

Who runs the club? School or an outside agency? What hours did you get for that price? To stay til up to 4:30 our school charges £8 for care up to 6:30 it’s £15.
If they don’t have the numbers what can they do? There can’t afford to run at a loss.

We run an after school club at my school, it's a very delicate balance between charging enough to cover the costs but not so much it's difficult for parents to afford.
But if there's not enough demand then either prices have to increase or it has to close.
We ran at a loss last year but it was only through very exceptional circumstances that we could cover that.

but surely they knew numbers before now

They might well have thought they could just manage based on numbers, but all it takes is one family to move away, or one to have a parent who's suddenly allowed to WFH, then the whole thing falls apart.

Is there any way all the affected children’s parents can club together for a single after school childminder?

The other provision sounds a more realistic price compared to here as well.

If you need wraparound care and you child has only just started in Reception, I’d look for another school now whilst the disruption is minimal.

Sounds like an unexpected drop in numbers, probably combined with an increase in costs, has just been the final straw.

Happened to one here when three childminders set up. The few children they could take just was the breaking point for the asc.

I can understand schools withdrawing an unviable offering, but surely they knew numbers before now, or could keep it going until the end of the term?

Could you ask the school how much they would need to charge with current numbers and see if it is less than the out of school provider?

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Ask around if there's any after school child minders/babysitters.
I think there's an agency called Koro Kids (or something similar) that basically is for after-school care.

The afterschool club of the school I teach in is losing money-there are only three in most days and often just one. It's just not finally viable and the school can't afford to run it at a loss.

I think it will be closed by half term.