Why can after school clubs run in private schools?

[notevenat20]

At the state secondary schools I know all after school clubs, including for example music, have been cancelled. But the private schools are still running school string orchestra for example after school. They separate them by year bubble so the year 7s are 2m away from the year 8s etc. But within the year the can be closer.

Are the rules different for private schools?

ladycatstark kayaking???? I want to be a yr9 at your DSs school too! We had to make do with rounders!!

If a school has smaller bubbles that don’t mix in after school clubs they’ll run them. If not they probably won’t. Depends on each schools’ risk assessment and what they can safely do.

@LadyCatStark

Can we just clear up any misconceptions that teachers get paid extra for running after school clubs; they don’t. However, there is often the expectation that they will run either an after school or lunch time club. It might come as a shock to discover that they don’t get paid extra for going on PGL trips either, even at the weekend!

DS’s state Grammar school is starting to run clubs again, there’s brass, woodwind, strong and ukulele ensembles and choir. Sports clubs haven’t started but year 9 kayaking has (which DS is gutted about as he wanted to do it but is year 7).

Choir and woodwind? Is it small numbers with distancing?

State school teachers are not paid for clubs. They run them for free in their own time. Covid measures and workload will make this very difficult if not impossible at the moment.