Nursery World - Out-of-school providers forced out by schools wanting to take over

The Out-of-School Alliance (OOSA) says it has seen a huge increase
in the number of providers operating clubs having to hand over the
provision to the school in which it is based.

According to OOSA, schools are either putting up the cost of rent, sometimes by as much as 100 per cent, or not renewing providers' contracts, so they can take over the running of clubs.

catherine-wrench-and-clare-freeman Catherine Wrench and Clare Freeman, joint directors of OOSA (right), claim the main motivation of schools is to increase their income as many face cuts to their budgets.

They say that in most cases providers have no recourse at all, even if they have operated a club on the site for a number of years.

One Bristol out-of-school provider, which has used space free of charge for six years, has been told by the academy group that runs the school, and wants to run the club, that she will have to start paying to use the space.

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