Nursery World - Further delays expected on reopening of holiday clubs

Guidance for holiday club providers is ‘unlikely’ to be released before the 4 July, just two weeks before many of them are expected to open for the summer, Nursery World understands.

Will holiday clubs open this summer?

In another blow to the sector which provides holiday clubs for children, the Out of School Alliance (OOSA), said that some large providers had already cancelled summer holiday provision because of the uncertainty around opening, and that parents would face the difficult choice between using unregulated childcare for their children, leaving them unsupervised, or not returning to work.

The OOSA met with the Department for Education on Wednesday (17 June) and has provided the following update for its members:

Clare Freeman, director of the Out of School Alliance (OOSA), told Nursery World, ‘We are extremely frustrated and disappointed with this stance. There is no indication of what measures will be expected, or what conditions settings must fulfil, before they are allowed to reopen.

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