Overview
It is a practice in many schools to organise afterschool clubs for students which normally involves a cost on students and their parents.
It is the responsibility of the board of management to ensure that an appropriate system of financial control is in place to govern after school clubs.
After school clubs can be operated in one of the two following ways:
- Ran and organised by the school on an agreed paid basis. The income from the students paying for after school clubs should be sufficient to cover the cost of paying the organiser/supervisors of after school club.
- The afterschool club may be outsourced, and the school has no involvement in the administration of the clubs. This method is often known as the private enterprise model.
Further information on both options can be found below.