Our school now offers wraparound care to support working families. This means that we provide childcare services both before and after school hours, allowing parents to drop off their children earlier and pick them up later. Wraparound care offers a safe and nurturing environment for children to learn and play, and it can also provide peace of mind for parents knowing that their children are well cared for.

We are very pleased to announce that online bookings for Archbishop Courtenay’s wraparound childcare from September are now live for breakfast club  and after school care. 

To start making bookings, please simply:

• Visit https://archbishop-courtenay.cbfs.uk to access the online booking system

1. Register your online booking account (5 mins).
2. Use the ‘Bookings’ dropdown menu at the top of your Dashboard to begin requesting your sessions.

Breakfast Club – 7:30am-8:30am = £4

If you receive Universal Credits, this will be £0.60 (in a cashback style system)

If you use tax-free childcare vouchers, this will be £3.20

Wraparound Care 3:15pm-6pm = £12

If you receive Universal Credits, this will be £1.80 (in a cashback style system)

If you use tax-free childcare vouchers, this will be £9.60

What types of booking are available?

As of today, you will be able to request a Permanent Booking to start from the beginning of the new school year.  A ‘Permanent Booking’ refers to securing the same sessions each week, guaranteed on a rolling and ongoing basis.

You will also be able to start making Ad-Hoc Bookings online.  Booking sessions on an ad-hoc basis refers to securing individual dates with no ongoing commitment, subject to availability at the time of booking.  If you expect to book only on an ad-hoc basis, we recommend that you still register your account now, to ensure you are prepared to secure any spaces you need without delay.

Spaces and availability

Please be aware that wrap around care operate with strict capacities, for which available spaces will be allocated on a ‘first come, first served’ basis.  Demand for available spaces is likely to be high, so (should you require childcare) please do act as soon as you can to avoid disappointment.

Queries and system support

If you have any questions, or difficulties navigating the online booking system, please contact Childcare Bookings for Schools (our partner for any administration, booking and finance aspects of our wraparound care) directly:

• Via phone:  01444 523335
• Via email:  archbishop-courtenay@cbfs.uk

Their office operates between 9am and 5pm, Monday to Friday, all year round (including the school holidays). Our ABC office staff will be unable to help with making bookings/ using the new system.

Non-Collection of a Child from After School Club

In the event that a child is not collected from the After-School Club by the end of the session, the staff should, try to contact the parent/carer. 

The Out of Hours Wraparound Care number is 07351 560 651.

After all avenues of contact have been exhausted and the Club has not received any contact from the parent or authorised collectors, the Head Teacher (or other designated safeguarding leads) will make the decision to contact the Local Authority’s Designated Child Protection Officer. 

Late Collection from After School Club and Associated Fines

If your child is not collected at the end of their booked session, then you will be charged for every 5 minutes late. If you are late picking up after 6pm you will incur a £5.00 charge for each 5minutes you are overdue.

The school shall apply the following procedures for late collections and reserves the right to apply an additional charge where a child/children are picked up late from the After School Club.

Children who are late to be picked up after the end of the school day at 3:30pm or late picking up from extra-curricular clubs, will be put into After School Club and a £2.00 initial charge will be made for the first 15 minutes. After 30 minutes, the full After School care cost will be charged.

The Out of Hours Wraparound Care number is 07351 560 651.