ABOUT THE CLUB

It is important that you let us know if your child is absent from school or cannot attend a booked session.  You must notify the school office that they will not be attending.

 For school absence, please report your child’s absence in the normal way by sending a message via the school app or telephoning the school. 

 Fox’s Den Wraparound Care is not a club. It runs every week during term time, including the first and last weeks of term, and provides breakfast and afterschool wraparound for children in Reception to Year 6.

 If your child currently attends or you have accepted a new school place with Loxley C of E Primary School, please contact the office to register your interest for Wraparound care.

Session timings and costs

Breakfast wraparound:

7:45 – 8.45am                           £6.00 per session per child

Afterschool wraparound:

3:25 - 4:25pm (1 hr)                 £6.25 per session per child

3:25 - 5:00pm (full)                  £9.00 per session per child

Bookings

Please email the school office admin3040@welearn365.com to register your interest. You will then be sent a booking form to confirm your child(ren)s place.

Ad hoc bookings

Where possible we will endeavour to support parents in exceptional or compassionate circumstances. Temporary or occasional ad-hoc bookings will be accepted for those who have registered for the Fox’s Den. The same fee’s will apply as abovAs a publicly funded school we have a no arrears policy so all payments MUST be made in advance. If there are persistent arrears, the place will be withdrawn and your child will not be able to continue to attend the provision. Parents / Carers will still need to pay the outstanding balances in full.

As long as fees are paid a minimum of a month in advance, we are flexible to allow for fees to be paid monthly.

If you’re on Universal Credit and in work, you can use its childcare element to pay for some of your childcare costs while you go to work. Eligible parents may be able to claim back some their childcare costs:

·         up to a maximum of £951 for one child

·         and £1,630 for two or more children

·         for children up to the age of 16

 If you’re on Tax Credits, you can claim the Child Tax Credit until the next 31st August after your child turns 16.

 Guidance on Universal Credit childcare can be found here: Universal Credit childcare costs.

With Tax-Free Childcare, the government will pay £2 for every £8 paid into an account, which can be used against payment for ‘approved’ childcare provision (childminders, nurseries and nannies; before and afterschool clubs and holiday clubs)

Eligible parents are:

·         UK working families, including the self-employed, earning under £100k and at least £139 per week (equal to 16 hours at the National Minimum or Living Wage)

·         Who aren’t receiving Tax Credits, Universal Credit or childcare vouchers (TFC replaces childcare vouchers)

·         With children aged 0-11 (or 0-16 if disabled)

Eligible parents can receive a top up of up to £2,000 per year per child

·         until 1st September after your child turns 11

·         or 16 for disabled children who you can claim up to £4,000

Find out more about eligibility on www.gov.uk/tax-free-childcare

Please view the step by step guide on how to use Tax-Free Childcare.

Apply at www.gov.uk/apply-for-tax-free-childcare

Afterschool arrival and departure

Children are collected from their classrooms at the end of the school day and taken to their designated area. A signing-in/out sheet is used at the start and when children leave the afterschool wraparound.

Children should always be collected by a known, named adult. In exceptional circumstances when this is not possible, to avoid unnecessary delays because of identification checks, please contact us in advance to let us know.

The 1 hr club finishes promptly at 4:25pm and the full club finishes promptly at 5.00pm each day. Children should be collected before those times. If you are delayed, for whatever reason, please phone to let us know as soon as possible. Late pickups for the 1 hr club will be charged for the full session and late pickups for the full session will be charged at £5 per quarter of an hour for the staff time who have to remain late.

Food

Food is included in all sessions. Breakfast will consist of fruit, milk, cereal, toast, beans on toast and the occasional baked item. After school will consist of fruit, vegetables, milk, squash, toast and crackers. Children are encouraged to serve themselves, possibly try new foods and to tidy up after they have eaten.

Illness

If a child becomes ill whilst in our care, we will telephone the Parent/Carer in the first instance to inform them of this. If we are unable to get hold of them, we will then call their nominated ‘emergency’ contact to collect them. Please make sure that your contact details are always up to date.

Behaviour

We are committed to maintaining high expectations of good behaviour.  This is an essential contribution to the enjoyment of the children while attending Fox’s Den wraparound.  We follow the school’s policies and procedures in relation to behaviour.Child Protection

Child Protection

We comply with local and national child protection procedures and ensure that all staff are trained in Safeguarding and have an enhanced DBS certificate.  The designated person for Safeguarding and Child Protection is the Fox’s Den Coordinator. For further details please refer to the schools Safeguarding Policy.

Registering your interest

If your child currently attends or you have accepted a new school place with Loxley C of E Primary School, please contact the school office to register your interest.