School age childcare: national children's charter

Where school age childcare takes place

Each area of Scotland might have school age childcare in different places, and different families might need different support and places to go to. The places we found would be good for school age childcare are:

• School buildings – classrooms, games halls, sports pitches, playgrounds, gardens or dining halls. If school age childcare is in a school, it's important it feels different to school, by having no school work to do (unless we choose to do our homework), more choice, more comfortable places to relax, and more snacks.
• Community centres or village halls.
• Leisure centres, including sports halls, gyms and swimming pools.
• Outdoors, in local parks, playgrounds, woodlands, community gardens and other natural places.
• Childminders' homes.
• Unused spaces in our communities, like empty shops.
• Our proposed activities include trips and adventures, so we might sometimes go to further away places on weekends or holidays, like farms, zoos and museums!