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TheSchoolRun.com closure date

As we informed you a few months ago, TheSchoolRun has had to make the difficult decision to close due to financial pressures and the company has now ceased trading. We had hoped to keep our content available through a partnership with another educational provider, but this provider has since withdrawn from the agreement.

As a result, we now have to permanently close TheSchoolRun.com. However, to give subscribers time to download any content they’d like to keep, we will keep the website open until 31st July 2025. After this date, the site will be taken down and there will be no further access to any resources. We strongly encourage you to download and save any resources you think you may want to use in the future.

In particular, we suggest downloading:

You should already have received 16 primary school eBooks (worth £108.84) to download and keep. If you haven’t received these, please contact us at [email protected] before 31st July 2025, and we will send them to you.

We are very sorry that there is no way to continue offering access to resources and sincerely apologise for the inconvenience caused.

Summer childcare: children's activity holidays

Child learning to canoe
Summer camps not only offer brilliant and unusual activities for the kids to enjoy, they can provide a break (or much-needed childcare!) for you as well. We take a look at the different camp options.

Day camps

These offer week-day courses for children and teenagers living locally and provision usually starts from as young as four.

Sports and activity courses usually run for two or three hours per day, over anything from a single day to four or five consecutive days. Sports courses are usually led by qualified instructors or coaches and national governing body awards may be achieved, subject to the length of course.

Multi-activity programmes

These involve a combination of activities with four to six different activity sessions per day being typical. Usually each activity session lasts between an hour to one and a half hours.

The good thing about these programmes is that they usually focus on taster or introductory sessions in a range of activities, such as sports, adventure, creative and performing arts activities, giving children a chance to find something they may wish to follow in greater depth.

Residential camps

Residential camps are independent activity holidays for children usually aged from seven years and above. They can last for seven or 14 days and take place in a secure residential environment, such as a boarding school or an activity centre, where children are supervised around the clock.

There will normally be a group leader to take care of children's pastoral and welfare needs while instructors provide a programme of courses and activities during the day. Evening entertainment is geared to help children ‘wind down' for a good night's rest.

Our guide to summer camps offers a list of nationwide UK summer camp providers, as well as a checklist to read before you book.