Afterschool care advice

[carebear]

Hi all,

My son is due to start reception at DVIS in September and I'm starting to panic a bit about wraparound care.

He is on the waiting list for the afterschool club but given that we're now in August, I'm not hopeful of movement in time for September. I've also approached a couple of other local afterschool clubs that do pick ups with no joy. I know how long the afterschool club waiting lists can be across Dulwich so wondered what other working parents do? I've heard of people using childminders but not sure how this would work re pickups (or how I might find one, apart from through edf)?

Basically looking for some advice and/or inspiration as am getting worried! I can probably do one regular early pick up and I've negotiated the first two weeks of term to work from home but after that really need to return to proper hours in the office. I'd also be very interested to hear from any other DVIS parents in a similar position to see if there's any scope for cobbling something together?!

TIA xx