After-school and breakfast clubs in London
The gap between the school bell and the end of your working day, covered properly. Collection from school, a hot meal, help with homework, and enough free play to actually unwind.
An after-school club provides supervised care for school-age children between the end of the school day and around 18:30. Earnest Care clubs collect children directly from partner schools, provide a hot tea, offer homework support and run a mix of sport, creative and free-play activities. Breakfast club runs from 07:30.
What happens at after-school club?
Children arriving from a full school day need two things in this order: food, then freedom. We do not start with structured activity - that is a reliable way to produce a room full of frustrated seven year olds.
| Time | What happens |
|---|---|
| 15:15 - 15:45 | Collection from school on foot, registered in, coats and bags away, wind down. |
| 15:45 - 16:15 | Hot tea together at the table. A proper meal, not a biscuit and a carton. |
| 16:15 - 17:00 | Free play - outdoors whenever possible. No compulsory activity. |
| 17:00 - 17:45 | Optional homework club in a quiet room with an adult on hand, or a planned activity: sport, art, construction, board games, cooking. |
| 17:45 - 18:30 | Calm-down activities, reading corner, and staggered collection with a short verbal handover. |
Breakfast club
From 07:30, with a cooked or cereal breakfast and a calm start to the day - then a walked handover into school. For a lot of London parents this is the difference between making a 09:00 start and not.
Which schools do you collect from?
Booking and fees
Most families book regular days for the term, which secures the place and keeps the cost down. We also hold a small number of ad-hoc sessions each day for the weeks when work goes sideways - bookable up to 9am on the day.
Sessions from £00 per hour, including the hot tea. Funded hours cannot be used for school-age wraparound care, but Tax-Free Childcare can, and so can the Universal Credit childcare element.
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Learn moreFrequently asked questions
What time does after-school club finish?
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Can I book after-school club for just one or two days a week?
Can I use funded hours for after-school club?
Do children get fed at after-school club?
Let's talk about what your family needs
A short, no-pressure conversation is usually all it takes to work out the right kind of support. We will be honest with you if we are not the right fit.