BREAKFAST CLUB PROVIDER (Fiesta Sports Club) TERMINATES BREAKFAST CLUB WITH ONE WEEK NOTICE

[Socialjustice]

We live in a village & until last September had no wrap-around provision at the village school.

Fiesta Sports were then bought in to provider breakfast club and after school club. They promised the provision for 2 years.

Subsequently I accepted a temporary role at work which meant relying on breakfast club 3 mornings a week. Without breakfast club, I'd have not been able to accept the role.

Fast forward to last Friday and the school newsletter makes a brief mention of the fact that breakfast club hasn't had much take up and will therefore be terminated at the end of this term - 1 WEEKS NOTICE. NO parent consultation. NO opportunity for parents to try to improve uptake. NO NOTICE! It's unprofessional and unacceptable!

I've complained to the school and the owner of Fiesta Sports Club - the owners response was 'were sorry but we've put it off for some time but here's two free afternoon sessions'. WTAF.

I've asked the school to clarify the notice period.

I have no one else to rely on childcare provision - what options do I have?

I've demanded that the school resolve it an ensure my daughter can be dropped of at 8am.

I've asked the school for the contractual obligations that were agreed between the school and Fiesta.

I'd also like to take this to my local council to complain but am not sure where to start.

I'd be grateful for Any advice

Many thanks.

Sadly they probably won the contract from the school/local authority to provide the care but legally i don’t think they can be forced to stay the two years. If they’re losing money as not enough kids then they’ll just go bankrupt 🤷‍♀️. Nobody is going to make a company stay a few months longer until they do go bankrupt and once they’ve gone bankrupt you’re in the same boat.

when Dd was young and we lived in a village with no wraparound care we had to put her in a different school a few miles away which did have wraparound care, is that an option?

How many use the breakfast club at the moment? You can ask the school if they would consider opening their own. They might if there is sufficient demand to make it viable. It benefits them as it helps with attendance and they use pupil premium to offer free breakfasts for those on FSM.

I know people who have done this and it worked.

You can also contact your council Family Service to find out about registered childcare in your area.

Hope you find a solution.

@Socialjustice if you don't have a class/ school what's app group, put something in your local facebook group. Or on nextdoor or even care.com. I am sure you will find someone willing and able, for a fee

This is a regular habit of this particular poster.

Take no notice OP she is trying to aggravate you.

@Don I hope you weren't meaning me 😳🙂

@Don'tcallthepolice sorry - I seem to have renamed you Don 😂

No not you sorry. I meant theeheshaveit82

@Don'tcallthepolice I thought so 😂

@Socialjustice my bad it’s by 2026 but the increase should be from sept this year. https://educationhub.blog.gov.uk/2023/10/27/before-and-after-school-childcare-what-is-wraparound-childcare/