Juggling the return to school for working parents can be a bit of a nightmare and some parents are very keen for there to be adequate childcare provision on a school's site. But, is it actually the case?
Not necessarily. The whole extended schools agenda had really taken off in recent years, particularly driven by the Government’s ‘every child matters’ edict. However, clearly not every school is able to provide every service and so what many are doing is ‘signposting’ parents to their nearest range of services which may well include the breakfast and after school club facilities. If there is a huge demand for one of these at your school and the school is not providing it, it may be worth asking them if there are any plans to do so – you could even make your views clear to the Governing Body which has an obligation to consider the views of their main stakeholders.
