No breakfast club or after school club

[raggybo]

DS1 starts Reception in September at our local village school. When we looked round the school in September last year, the head told us that the breakfast club and after school club would be up and running by the time DS1 joined. This has not happened. I have had several conversations with the school about this and it seems to me that for some reason they cannot be bothered to set these services up. They have told me that they cannot find anyone to run these services, which I find odd considering current unemployment levels. The school receptionist admitted that they have only advertised for someone to run the clubs on the school notice board as she said they could not afford to advertise it anywhere else.

My husband and I both work so this is significant issue for us. I have asked the local council to look into this but nothing seems to has happened. Does anyone have any ideas of what I can do to try to force the school to provide these services?

raggybo - I can only sympathise/empathise with you here. I'm relying on good neighbours/being able to change my hours a bit but it's very daunting.

Hope it works out for you.

I cant believe no one in the village is providing such a service. Obviously their is a niche in the market.

I wasn't happy with the service the local school in my area gave for after school care, so i took the bulls by the horn and started my own. Its not a babysitting service. We teach everything from art, cooking, sewing and movie making.
Its the best thing i ever did!

Maybe an aupair or nanny would be the best thing in the mean time until the school figure out what to do

ours is pretty glossy. think it's self sufficient.

Thank you for your ideas and support. I know I can work something out, I just have to re-write my plans.

My work are pretty flexible so I am optimistic that it will sort itself out....