Afterschool care for Secondary age children??

[silver73]

Hi

What arrangements do you make for afterschool care for your secondary age children when no family can help?

The only solution I can think of are au pairs but would be interested to know what other Mners do for children in year 7.

My dd will be going to secondary school in Sept...

Thanks

S

Actually the child in the OP is now 24....

This must be the oldest resurrected zombie thread I've come across in my time on mumsnet.

The child in question could be minding others for extra cash by now.

My secondary aged children come home, let themselves in, have a snack and get on with their homework. This has been the case since the eldest started Y7. If we're really lucky, one of them will sort tea if DH and I are going to be back from our schools later than usual. Sometimes they have a friend over to do homework with, sometimes they go to a friend's house.