How much do you pay for after-school clubs?

[JuiceBoxJuggler]

Hello!

Just quick question; wondering the average people pay for after-school clubs; roughly 1 hour or 1.5 hours. Just to be more specific, this is an after-school club and not after-school care.

Interested primarily in those who have children in the North West, but happy for all to input.

Thanks,
JuiceBoxJuggler

£5.50 for the morning session and £8.50 for after school.
We're in the NW.

All clubs run by external companies and last 1 hour. They’re between £70-£110ish per term. They’re very well used and there’s a big range of them.

At DD's primary one's run by the school used to be free but are now £1 a session (apparently literally paying to keep the lights on etc for the extra hour) or slightly more if use a lot of materials i.e. art. Those run by an external company are an average of £8 a session which is equivalent to similar clubs outside school.

AT DS's secondary most clubs are free but there's a couple run by external providers that are £15 a session! We live in London which may push it up.

£110 a term for one club after school, mostly run by external companies. They are 50 mins long and the term is a bit shorter than the school term, about 10 weeks. There are other clubs run by school staff which are free. We're in London.

Thank you all - really useful to know. Happy to pay the £9 per session, seems relatively reasonable (I know that others get it free) but my child really loves Computing and STEM so anything to help further their interests is fantastic!

I wouldn’t trust most of the staff at primary being able to run a STEM or computing club. I would hope an external provider can find some enthusiastic young university students to fill the spots.

And I have a DC in a state secondary. They have a lot of subs for ICT in KS3. A lot of the other staff are very poor at computing.

DC2 primary cannot even sent a properly formatted email.

This is for those who say school doing it for free. Unless you are at a exceptionally good school with no problem recruiting knowledgeable staff for ICT

Can’t say I disagree with this! Thank you for the input I appreciate it.

We had the option of a coding club at £11 a session. We don’t do it but it’s been popular especially with the boys. We pay £9 for dance, £6 for sport. The more specialist something is, the more it is likely to cost. I don’t think you can compare the cost per hour with wrap around as they will be there all week for more hours with more kids so have the economies of scale.

Thank you, really useful!

Our school clubs are all free

Wolverhampton LA latest data £4 lowest to £16 based on 2 hours minimum
Breakfast club free to £5.25
Average cost is £4 per session.

Data provided April 2024