Summer holiday childcare in UK now costs £1,000 a child, research finds

The children’s charity Coram has called on the government to extend holiday care provision for older children. Photograph: Hympi/Alamy

Parents can expect to spend more than £1,000 per child for care over the school summer holidays, according to research.

A survey by the children’s charity Coram found that British families will be paying, on average, £1,049 for summer childcare for children aged from four to 14 – £635 more than they would pay for six weeks of after-school childcare during term time.