Skip to content

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.

What to look for when choosing a before and after school clubs

You can read more about help with paying for childcare on the Hampshire County Council website.

Providers that have this badge attached to their listing are engaged with the Services for Young Children childcare development team by submitting self-assessments of their wraparound provision.

Wraparound Quality Committed badge

Providers that have this badge attached to their listing are engaged with the Services for Young Children childcare development team by submitting self-assessments of their wraparound provision.

This self-assessment includes:

  • the quality of activities on offer and the child’s voice
  • inclusion and safeguarding procedures
  • staff development
  • health and wellbeing opportunities
  • partnerships with school leaders and parents/carers
  • environment and sustainability

This badge does not guarantee the quality of the provision. Parents and carers must decide whether a club meets their child’s needs.  

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.

Add to My Favorites

Useful links

You may also be interested in

  • Best Start in Life

    All about Government help with childcare costs

    Best Start in Life (GOV.UK)
  • A person holding a large jar of coins

    Childcare Calculator

    The Government's Childcare Calculator - check what help you could get with childcare costs

    Childcare Calculator (GOV.UK)

  • Childcare for children with SEND

    A guide to childcare for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in England.

    Coram website