There has been a drop in the availability of summer holiday childcare provision across England, while the cost of a place has increased by 3 per cent since last year.
holiday childcare costs are more than twice what parents would pay for an after school club during term time. so on average you ll have to pay nearly £1000 for six weeks of holiday childcare for a school age child cost of living correspondent colletta smith has been to meet parents who are worried about how they ll cope this summer. for many schools, we re on the countdown to the end of term. the kids are excited. but for parents, it s not quite so straightforward. i just can t afford to take five weeks off work. i probably wouldn t have a job left. saving s a must. it s a big worry. with average costs for full time childcare heading towards £1,000 for the whole summer holidays, parents like lucy and holly may are having to plan differently this year. for both of you, then, it s about logistics this summer of working out who s working where. she s going to be going to her school.
Grazia has written an open letter to the new Prime Minister Liz Truss calling on her to make the UK’s spiralling childcare costs a matter of priority for her new government