Childminder costs over school summer holidays as high as £1,800, research finds

Holiday childminder costs were found to be £233 a week in England, £249 in Wales and £238 in Scotland. Photograph: Cavan Images/Getty Images/Cavan Images RF

Working parents who depend on childminders to look after their children during the British school summer holidays face bills of as much as £1,800 for six weeks’ childcare, according to new research.

A survey by the children’s charity Coram found families in inner London can expect to pay an average of £306 a week for a holiday childminder, compared with a British average of £234 a week.