What do you do for childcare for senior school kids?

[Shylo]

I’m struggling to figure out how to juggle childcare for my DD (11) and DS (9) and I wondered what other people do with children that have just started senior school ....

I’m a single parent and I work 90 minutes from home so I don’t get back in the evening until about 7pm. My parents currently help but for reasons I won’t bore you with this isn’t really working with my DD who is in her first year of senior school ..... so what to do

She seems too old for a childminder, plus most don’t mind after 6pm anyway but she isn’t old enough to be on her own for so long ...

So I’m looking for inspiration really, what do you do with your tweens if you work late?

I think the issue with them staying at school and going to after school clubs or working in the library, then they are coming home later / potentially in the dark / potentially once the main school bus has gone / potentially on her own rather than with friends, all of which can then create different issues.