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After School Care Cost

Free After School Care Cost calculator with clear step-by-step results.

About After School Care Cost

Turns an after-school care hourly rate into the numbers a household actually budgets against: cost per school week, the smoothed monthly figure and the full school-year total. Sibling discounts apply from the second child onward, which is how most providers price multi-child families.

Formulas

Weekly cost

Weekly = rate x hours x days x (1 + (children - 1) x (1 - sibling discount))

Monthly equivalent

Monthly = weekly x school weeks / 12

Worked example

With the default values below, After School Care Cost returns Monthly cost (annual / 12) of $1,083.00. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Care rateminimum 0 $/hour
12 $/hour
Hours per afternoonaccepts 0.5–8
3
Days per weekaccepts 1–7
5
School weeks per yearaccepts 1–52
38
Children in careaccepts 1–6
2
Sibling discount (2nd child onward)accepts 0–60 %
10 %

Results

Monthly cost (annual / 12)
$1,083.00
Cost per school week
$342.00
Cost per school year
$12,996.00
Effective rate per child-hour
$11.40

Step by step

  1. 1Values used
  2. 2Weekly cost
  3. 3Monthly equivalent
  4. 4Monthly cost (annual / 12)= $1,083.00
  5. 5Cost per school week= $342.00
  6. 6Cost per school year= $12,996.00
  7. 7Effective rate per child-hour= $11.40

Assumptions and limits

  • The result is derived only from the 6 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
  • In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax or fees or charges into account.
  • Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why spread the annual cost over 12 months instead of 9?

Care is only billed during term time but most families save for it year-round. Dividing by 12 gives the amount to set aside each month; use the weekly figure for term-time cash flow.

Are holiday programmes included?

No. School weeks only. Add vacation care separately, as it usually bills full days at a different rate.

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