A survey by the the Out of School Alliance that provides help and support for out-of-school clubs, undertaken in mid-May, which looked at how coronavirus had impacted on their businesses, found that 83 percent of wraparound settings are currently closed, and 44 percent of respondents are unsure if they will be able to reopen in September.
Co-director, Clare Freedman, told Nursery World that the sector has been ‘continually ignored’ by the Department for Education in terms of guidance on what it is expected or permitted during this time and unlike other forms of childcare it has received ‘no targeted support’ from the Government.
She said, ‘Further uncertainty now exists after the DfE’s updated guidance on 2 June states that only registered providers which operate on school premises are permitted to provide wrap-around care.
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