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Wraparound care (before and after school clubs)

In Hampshire there is a range of Ofsted registered or approved group settings, school led provision and childminders providing wraparound childcare, before and after school.

Wraparound childcare providers:

  • provide safe and stimulating play opportunities for school age children at times when schools are not open, typically 8am-6pm around the school day.
  • can operate before school (‘breakfast clubs’) in the mornings, and from the end of the school day (‘after school clubs’). In addition, some operate during the school holidays.
  • typically operate for infant, junior and primary schools (age 4-11)
  • include Ofsted registered childminders
  • can include on or off school site provision.

Childminders provide wraparound childcare in many areas. You can search for childminders in our directory, or by speaking to your child's school.

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Schools are not required to have on-site wraparound provision. Many schools promote use of providers around the community which might include a neighbouring school who provide wraparound for multiple nearby schools.

Search for wraparound childcare local to you. 

All parents in England have the right to request that the school their child attends, or is due to attend, consider setting up wraparound or holiday childcare if they don’t already have it. 

Find out about your right to request wraparound and holiday childcare.

If you have exhausted all other options, please reach out to the wraparound team via the Services for Young Children General Enquiry Form.

Schools are not required to have on-site wraparound provision. Many schools promote use of providers around the community which might include a neighbouring school who provide wraparound for multiple nearby schools.

Search for wraparound childcare local to you. 

All parents in England have the right to request that the school their child attends, or is due to attend, consider setting up wraparound or holiday childcare if they don’t already have it. 

Find out about your right to request wraparound and holiday childcare.

If you have exhausted all other options, please reach out to the wraparound team via the Services for Young Children General Enquiry Form.

Eligible Service personnel (Tri-Service) can register for up to 20 hours per week, per child, term time only (39 weeks per year) of wraparound childcare funding for 4- to 11-year-old children (4- to 16-year-old if in receipt of certain disability benefits) attending before and after school childcare in the UK.

Service families can check if they are eligible and how to claim WAC funding by visiting Childcare for Service children - GOV.UK

Eligible Service personnel (Tri-Service) can register for up to 20 hours per week, per child, term time only (39 weeks per year) of wraparound childcare funding for 4- to 11-year-old children (4- to 16-year-old if in receipt of certain disability benefits) attending before and after school childcare in the UK.

Service families can check if they are eligible and how to claim WAC funding by visiting Childcare for Service children - GOV.UK

Wraparound childcare (breakfast and after school clubs) and holiday activity providers should align their policies and procedures to the SEND Code of Practice to meet each child or young person’s needs just as a school or early years setting should.

Any company running a breakfast or after school club based at a school should have been chosen carefully by the school and agreed to be inclusive. If your child is struggling to access the breakfast or after school club based in a school, speak to the school to ask what support they can give to help. This might be advising the club on what strategies work for your child in school or helping them to understand your child's needs better.

The Equality Act 2010 put a duty on all services to be inclusive and to make reasonable adjustments to ensure any person with a disability can access the services they provide.

Read the definition of disability used in the Equality Act 2010.

Useful guide to choosing an after school club for your child with SEND.

Wraparound childcare (breakfast and after school clubs) and holiday activity providers should align their policies and procedures to the SEND Code of Practice to meet each child or young person’s needs just as a school or early years setting should.

Any company running a breakfast or after school club based at a school should have been chosen carefully by the school and agreed to be inclusive. If your child is struggling to access the breakfast or after school club based in a school, speak to the school to ask what support they can give to help. This might be advising the club on what strategies work for your child in school or helping them to understand your child's needs better.

The Equality Act 2010 put a duty on all services to be inclusive and to make reasonable adjustments to ensure any person with a disability can access the services they provide.

Read the definition of disability used in the Equality Act 2010.

Useful guide to choosing an after school club for your child with SEND.

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