As you are aware our school is currently providing a Breakfast Club and After School facility for our schooling community.
I wrote out to you all regarding our Breakfast Club on the 8th October 2024 about the viability of continuing this service. Unfortunately, the average attendances did not improve, and we have had to take the very regrettable decision to stop this service from Friday 15th November 2024. It will run for two full weeks after the half term break.
Currently our After School provision is being run by an external agency called Jymkidz. They have offered provision for After School Football, Cheerleading and Gymnastics. In tandem with this they have also offered activities within our original After School Room to include lego, arts and crafts and clay modelling. Therefore, providing a choice of activities for our pupils to attend.
Over the first half term, attendance at the Football, Cheerleading and Gymnastics has been good but the After School room average attendances has been very low. Therefore, Jymkidz have decided to withdraw the After School room activities but continue the delivery of Football, Cheerleading and Gymnastics. Payment for this will remain at £4 and be paid directly to Jymkidz.
As a school, we value our After School provision and we fully appreciate the essential and vital service we provide to some of our families who are very dependent on it. Therefore, we have decided, as a trial, to continue to provide the After School room ourselves from 2.00-4.00pm Monday to Thursday for the month of November with a review at the end of that month. We plan to charge a £3.00 per hour attendance rate. This money will be paid directly to the school, in the same way it was done previously and will be used solely to pay for staffing the After School room. Again, this additional service will need to be financially viable in order to continue.
An further update will issue before the end of November.
