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

Coram survey in Great Britain finds 4% rise in holiday childcare club costs and shortage of places, especially for children with Send

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.