Holiday childcare for early secondary child

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Genuinely not sure how this works. Please help wise mumsnetters!

Eldest (DD) goes to secondary school September 2025. She'll turn 12 that month. She'll also have a younger sibling who'll be 10 that year.

Holiday clubs seem to stop at 11. My DH and I have flexibility and can WFH some alternate days, but not all.

What do we do with DD? We can't leave her by herself. What age can you leave them? To make it even more complicated, my younger child currently loves holiday clubs with his sister, but would not be happy to go by himself.

I suppose I could hire some sort of babysitter? Any advice welcome. What did you do? Thank you.

I would look at a babysitter for this year

When my DS was 11/12 I worked half days during some holidays to stretch my annual leave. He was only alone for 4 hours and we then did fun stuff in the afternoons.

Thanks, some great suggestions.

The complicating factor is the younger sibling who won't go to holiday clubs by himself.

Some people suggested a few places that take older kids. I've had a fresh Google setting different parameters and found one locally, so I think that's what we'll probably try first.