After-school childcare plans to target struggling parents

Hard-pressed parents are set to benefit from a plan to use schools to provide low-cost evening time childcare.

Under proposals being prepared by the Government, primary schools would be kept open for two hours for supervised play and homework clubs.

The move would allow working parents to save money on childcare and work extra hours without having to worry about working around school hours.

The opening of schools for longer is expected to form part of the pay talks with teacher unions which open later this year.

The arrangements would need the cooperation of principals, teachers, management and parents groups.

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