PARENTS of almost 100 children from three Barnsley schools have been told the childcare service they rely on is to close for good next week leaving them without help over the summer holidays.

The Rise and Shine Club is a business which rents space at St Helen’s Primary at Monk Bretton and provides childcare before and after school during term time, and all day during school holidays.

Joanne Daly who runs the business with her daughter Sammy said she had made the difficult decision to close the business at the end of the school term next week after a 'conversation with the incoming headteacher’ who starts in September.

The school said it was entirely the decision of the owners of the business and not the school, adding it was 'as much of a surprise to the school as to the parents'. 

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