Sparks Inc

Registration
In order to use our service you will need to register your children with us. This involves filling in an annual booking and registration form with your contact details, your child’s specific requirements etc. For your child/rens safety, we also ask you to specify which adults are permitted to pick them up at the end of the session. As Afterschool club places are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis, we advise parent/carers to register each July before the start of the new school year, although registration is possible through the year. If you do not gain a place on your chosen day, you will be placed on a waiting list and informed if a place becomes available. Administrative costs for registration are £15 for single child and £25 for two or more children, and this is non-refundable. Once the registration is complete, your children can enjoy both the afterschool and holiday club services for the rest of that school year! (subject to available places). You can download our booking form by clicking here.
After School Club
Price: £7.50 per child per day, invoiced in advance monthly.
Holiday Club
Times of Opening: 8:15am until 5:45pm or 8:15am to 1:00pm or 1:00pm to 5:45pm during all school holidays except the Christmas holidays.
Sessions
  • 8:15am to 1:00pm - £11 per child
  • 1:00pm to 5:45pm - £11 per child
  • 8:15am to 5:45pm - £22 per child
  • 10:00am to 3:00pm - £13 per child
Early bird booking: There is an early bird discount of 10% if bookings are made by 2 weeks before the start of Holiday Club. To download the booking form click here.
Payment Methods
Please make cheques payable to Sparks Inc. Bank or Internet credit transfer details: Sparks Co-operative Ltd, Account No: 65281741, Co-op Bank, Sort Code: 08-92-99 N.B If using transfer method, please use your surname in reference section.

If returning by post, please send to: Sefton Park Youth Centre, Ashley Down Road, BS7 9BG or email: coopsparks@googlemail.com. Any queries about bookings please ring Carole on 0776 554 7806. If you require confirmation of booking, please give either e-mail address or mobile number, so that we can text confirmation.
Term and holiday dates - 2009/2010
The following dates have been agreed for Bristol community and voluntary controlled schools for the 2009/2010 school year:
  • Term 1 Thursday 3 September to Friday 23 October 2009
  • Term 2 Monday 2 November to Friday 18 December 2009
  • Term 3 Monday 4 January to Friday 12 February 2010
  • Term 4 Monday 22 February to Thursday 1 April 2010
  • Term 5 Monday 19 April to Friday 28 May 2010
  • Term 6 Monday 7 June to Friday 23 July 2010
The school year is based on a calendar of 195 days. Five days are used for In-Service Days.--> In order to use our service you will need to register your children with us. This involves filling in an annual booking and registration form with your contact details, your child’s specific requirements etc. Download booking form (DOC) For your child/rens safety, we also ask you to specify which adults are permitted to pick them up at the end of the session. As Afterschool club places are allocated on a ‘first come first served’ basis. You keep your place until you decide you no longer wish to use the service any longer. If you do not gain a place on your chosen day, you will be placed on a waiting list and informed if a place becomes available.

Administrative costs for registration are £15 for single child and £25 for two or more children, and this is non-refundable. Once the registration is complete, your children can enjoy both the afterschool and holiday club services for the rest of that school year! (subject to available places).
Booking Arrangements
After School Club
You will have been notified which days your child has a place at the afterschool club (and whether you are on the waiting list). Once a place has been allocated, you will be invoiced for all possible attendances during a month, even if your child does not attend. Sparks Inc requires one months notice for cancellation as it affects our staffing ratios. One months notice is also need to permanently swap an afterschool day, and this is obviously subject to availability. Unfortunately, sessions cancelled or not used for any reason without a months notice cannot be refunded.

We invoice the Afterschool sessions a month in advance. Invoices are sent out by 25th of the previous month to your email address. If places are available, you can book at short notice by contacting Sparks Inc on: 0117 9244439.

Extra sessions will be added to the next months invoice. As we are a non-profit making organization, we do rely on fees being paid promptly. This should be within two weeks of being invoiced, i.e in the first week of the month you are being invoiced for unless an arrangement is made with the leader in charge. Please speak to us confidentially if you are experiencing financial hardship.
Payment Methods
Please make cheques payable to Sparks Inc. You can also pay using an internet transfer using the following details:
Sparks Co-operative Ltd
Account No: 65281741
Sort Code: 08-92-99
If using transfer method, please use your surname in reference section. If returning by post, please send to: Ashley House, Ashley Down Road, BS7 9BG or email: coopsparks@gmail.com.

Term & holiday dates
2010/2011
  • Term 1 Wednesday 1 September to Friday 22 October 2010
  • Term 2 Monday 1 November to Friday 17 December 2010
  • Term 3 Tuesday 4 January to Friday 18 February 2011
  • Term 4 Monday 28 February to Friday 8 April 2011
  • Term 5 Tuesday 26 April to Friday 27 May 2011
  • Term 6 Monday 6 June to Friday 22 July 2011
2011/2012
  • Term 1 Thursday 1 September to Friday 21 October 2011
  • Term 2 Monday 31 October to Friday 16 December 2011
  • Term 3 Tuesday 3 January to Friday 10 February 2012
  • Term 4 Monday 20 February to Friday 30 March 2012
  • Term 5 Monday 16 April to Friday 1 June 2012
  • Term 6 Monday 11 June to Thursday 19th July 2012
Schools will also be closed for the following public holidays:
  • 26 December 2011 - Boxing Day
  • 27 December 2011 - in lieu of Christmas Day
  • 2 January 2012 - New Year's Day Holiday
  • 6 April 2012 - Good Friday
  • 9 April 2012 - Easter Monday
  • 7 May 2012 - Early May Bank Holiday
  • 4 June 2012 - Spring Bank Holiday
  • 5 June 2012 - Diamond Jubilee Holiday
  • 27 August 2012 - Summer Bank Holiday