Holiday Activities and Food Programme Models of delivery

• Benefits for children and families (see below)
  
• Can target vulnerable children to offer provision too.
  
• Staff likely to have existing relationships with children.
  
• Fewer overheads
  
• Gives school staff the opportunity to earn additional income (particularly impactful for teaching assistants) see examples below.
  
• Knowledge of SEND children.
  

• Requires leadership and engagement.
  
• Less likely to be financially viable in smaller school.

• Benefits for children and families
  
• Frees up leadership capacity in school / admin and business burdens.
  
• Maintains and grows local provider market.
  
• Income generation / School can charge rent (see below)
  
• LA can share monitoring reports and compliance documentation if requested.
  
• A private provider can be brokered by the LA for your approval.
  

• School has less oversite of provision.
  
• Not all providers are Ofsted registered (therefore can’t offer additional hours)

• Benefits for children and families (see below)
  
• Picks up families were there may be low level demand.
  
• Potential to collaborate and share resources / staff.
  

• Staff less likely to have existing relationships with children.
  
• May require travel for parents.

• Benefits for children and families (see below)
  
• Continuation of care
  
• Lower ratios
  
• Are Ofsted registered.
  
• Maybe available to offer additional hours to families at a cost (as Ofsted registered will be able to use Tax credits)

Benefits to families Data gathered in Summer 2023

Parents Feedback

• 67% of parents said that HAF helped their child eat more healthily over the holidays.
  
• 99% of parents said that HAF helped their child be more active over the holidays.
  
• 99% of parents said that HAF helped their child socialise in a safe environment.
  
• 98% of parents said that HAF helped their child have better mental health over the holidays.
  
• 99.3% of parents were very satisfied or satisfied with the HAF provision.

Childrens Feedback

• The leading reason for a child attending an activity was because they had been before and enjoyed themselves.
  
• 79% of children said they ate the food provided.
  
• 77% said they thought they ate more healthily over the holidays due to HAF.
  
• 90% of children said they made new friends at the HAF camp they attended.
  
• 92% of children said HAF made them more active over the holidays.
  
• 80% of children said they would come back again and 18% said maybe.

Income generation for schools approximately £400 for a 4-day week of 4 hours per day – providers would need access to toilets, outdoor area, main area with preferable access for parents to drop and collect children easily. (Small kitchen space is preferable)

A few school provisions for holiday activities and food programme are delivered by physical education leads within the school as a side line business, this is due to the elements of delivery very much being part of keeping children physically active. However, there is a need to ensure that other elements of the programme are in place to provide children with a broad stimulating offering enriching activities. In this example the business also employs on a zero-hour staff from the school to support the programme.