Help and support for after-school clubs

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Welcome to the Out of School Alliance

The Out of School Alliance (OOSA) provides information and support to individuals and organisations setting up and running out of school clubs, including breakfast clubs, after school clubs, holiday clubs and playschemes.

If you are thinking about setting up an out of school club, you’ll find a wealth of resources on our website to help you get started, with information about training requirements, Ofsted registration, staffing ratios and much more.

Already running a club? Then you’ll find in-depth articles on topics such as staff development, tax-free childcare and the GDPR, as well as our range of partnership deals to save you money, a monthly newsletter, and a vast library of activities to keep the kids at your club entertained.

Exciting News: The OOSA Academy is now open!

We want you to be able to plan and choose training and CPD that your staff will enjoy, value and use to develop practice, so you only buy what you need as you go along. There are courses for Emerging, Experienced and Expert practices.

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Setting up a club

If you are thinking about setting up a club, we have everything you need to get you started, including information about qualifications, staffing, premises and Ofsted registration. We even have packs of template documentation to save you time in inventing your own.

Read our getting started guide Download our template policies and procedures

Up and running

With your club already up and running, you'll find our in-depth articles, on issues such as the use of photography in clubs, parental responsibility and transporting children, essential. Or visit our members' lounge to share ideas with other clubs and enjoy.

Tap into our club know-how section Visit our members' lounge

Working in a club

Working in a club?

If you work in an out of school club you can keep up to date with the latest developments in the sector with our newsletter. Our library of activity ideas - all tested on real children - will keep things fresh at your club, and if you are looking for a change.

Checkout the OOSA Jobs Service Keep up to date with news in the sector