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Families face fewer holiday childcare places and increased costs

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There has been a drop in the availability of summer holiday childcare provision across England, while the cost of a place has increased by 3 per cent since last year.
Coram Family and Childcare’s 18th annual Holiday Childcare Survey reveals there are fewer available summer holiday childcare places, PHOTO: Coram Family and Childcare
Coram Family and Childcare’s 18th annual Holiday Childcare Survey reveals there are fewer available summer holiday childcare places, PHOTO: Coram Family and Childcare

Findings from Coram Family and Childcare’s 18th annual Holiday Childcare Survey reveal:

The findings are drawn from responses from local authorities in England, Scotland and Wales, between April and June 2023 on the cost and availability of childcare in Britain for children aged 4-14 during the 13 weeks of school holidays.

Cost of a place

According to the survey, the cost of a summer holiday childcare place has also risen. A place at a club now costs an average of £157 per week, 2.3 times higher than what parents pay for an after-school club during term-time.

It says this means that families face costs of £943 for six weeks of holiday childcare for each school age child – £583 more than they would pay for six weeks of after-school childcare during term-time.

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