OOSC
OOSC is a privately held UK childcare provider operating Ofsted-registered breakfast, after-school, and holiday clubs for children aged 4–11 across five host schools in South Gloucestershire, using the iPAL booking platform for direct-to-consumer session management and accepting multiple voucher schemes.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2007
- HeadquartersCharlton, United Kingdom
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2C
- OfferingServices
What OOSC does
OOSC (Out Of School Clubs) is a privately held UK childcare provider founded in January 2007 by Cath Purchase and Helen, operating Ofsted-registered breakfast, after-school, and holiday clubs for children aged 4–11 across five school sites in South Gloucestershire. Active locations as of April 2024 are Charlton Wood (opened September 2019), Frenchay (September 2014), St Helen's Alveston (April 2010, originally Olveston), St Mary's Bradley Stoke (April 2014), and St Mary's Thornbury (June 2011), supplemented by two holiday clubs at St Helen's and Charlton Wood. Pricing is structured by session type: breakfast £6.50–£8.50, after-school £12.00–£14.00, and holiday club £34.50 per day, with the after-school and breakfast rates rising to £15.00 and £9.50 respectively on an Ad Hoc basis from the 2025-26 academic year, and a new £2.50 late-pickup fee introduced.
The business operates a direct-to-consumer model. Parents enroll via a £10 registration fee per child and book recurring weekly sessions through 11-month standing orders or ad hoc sessions through the company's iPAL online booking platform, which handles registrations, invoice management, and voucher scheme integrations. The company accepts thirteen childcare voucher schemes (Edenred, Sodexo, Computershare, Care4, Kiddivouchers, FairCare, Bristol City Council, BusyBees, Allsave, Salary Extras, BANES, Fideliti, PES) and the Government Tax-Free Childcare scheme, and offers HAF-funded holiday places to Pupil Premium, SEND, and Ukrainian refugee children at Charlton Wood. The public-facing website is built on Joomla with the Community Builder extension; there is no native mobile application, no public API, and no disclosed AI, machine learning, or automation capabilities.
Operations are led by Owner/Manager and Designated Safeguarding Lead Cath Purchase, supported by Area Manager Jen Langdon and individual site Leaders, with Staffing Administrator Paula Evans handling administration. Most legacy sites hold Outstanding Ofsted ratings, while the newer inspection framework has yielded Met grades (the highest current grade) at St Helen's in June 2024 and Met at Frenchay in March 2025, validating safeguarding and quality standards across the network. Marketing is conducted through the company website, local press coverage in Downend Voice and Thornbury Voice, and word-of-mouth referrals, with no paid digital advertising channels disclosed.
OOSC firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- OOSC
- Legal name
- Out Of School Clubs
- Website
- https://oosc.co.uk
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2007
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- OOSC is a privately held UK childcare provider operating Ofsted-registered breakfast, after-school, and holiday clubs for children aged 4–11 across five host schools in South Gloucestershire, using the iPAL booking platform for direct-to-consumer session management and accepting multiple voucher schemes.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
OOSC industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Childcare Services (Out-of-School / Wraparound Care)
- NAICS
- Child Care Services (62441)
- SIC
- Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Holiday, Inset-Day & Break Coverage Programs (Early Years) (EDACAHAK)
Keywords
Where OOSC is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Charlton
- HQ country
- United Kingdom
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices5 records
Markets served
OOSC business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2C
- Offering type
- Services
- Cost components
- Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Regular Session Fees: Monthly fees for pre-booked recurring sessions (same day each week), spread over 11 months (September to July), based on 38 teaching weeks. Payment via standing order or childcare voucher transfer.
- Ad Hoc Session Fees: Pay-as-you-go occasional bookings made online up to 10pm the night before, subject to availability. Higher per-session rate than regular bookings.
- Holiday Club Fees: Full-day holiday club sessions during school holidays. Includes breakfast, snacks, activities, and optional lunch. Billed per session.
- Registration Fees: One-time registration fee of £10 per child required before first attendance.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| One time/ perpetual license | One time | Registration Fee - one-time per child |
| Subscription | Monthly | Regular Breakfast Club - monthly subscription |
| Subscription | Monthly | Regular After School Club - monthly subscription |
| Usage-based | Pay-as-you-go | Ad Hoc Occasional Bookings - pay per session |
| Unit Pricing | Pay-as-you-go | Holiday Club - full day session |
Go-to-market motion1 record
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels5 records
OOSC product offering
Product offeringCore offering
OOSC operates Ofsted-registered before-school, after-school, and holiday club childcare services for primary school children aged 4-11 at five partner school locations across South Gloucestershire (Charlton Wood, Frenchay, St Helen's, St Mary's Bradley Stoke, St Mary's Thornbury), plus holiday clubs at St Helen's and Charlton Wood. Parents access services through regular (guaranteed weekly) bookings or ad hoc (pay-as-you-go) bookings via the iPAL online platform, with healthy meals, supervised activities (outdoor play, crafts, cooking, sports), and acceptance of multiple childcare voucher schemes.
Product overview
OOSC (Out Of School Clubs) is a childcare service provider operating multiple Ofsted-registered after school, breakfast, and holiday clubs for children aged 4-11 years across South Gloucestershire. The core offering consists of six physical club locations (Charlton Wood, Frenchay, St Helen's, St Mary's Bradley Stoke, and St Mary's Thornbury) plus two holiday clubs (St Helen's and Charlton Wood). Parents access services through the iPAL Online Booking System for registration and session management. OOSC provides two booking models: Regular Bookings (guaranteed weekly places paid monthly) and Ad Hoc Bookings (flexible occasional sessions subject to availability). The clubs offer activities including art, crafts, outdoor play, construction toys, board games, ICT, cooking, and role play, with healthy meals/snacks provided.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Charlton Wood Out Of School Club Before-school (7:30-8:50am) and after-school (3:15-6pm) childcare at Charlton Wood Primary Academy, Bristol for primary school children aged 4-11. Operates term time; regular fees for 2025-26 are £6.50 breakfast and £12.00 after school.
- Frenchay Out Of School Club Before-school (7:40-8:50am) and after-school (Mon-Thu 3:30-6pm, Fri 3:30-5:30pm) childcare at Frenchay C of E Primary School for primary school children aged 4-11. Regular after school fee for 2025-26 is £12.50; 84 children aged 4-11 on roll.
- St Helen's After School Club After school club (3:15pm-6pm Mon-Fri from September 2025) at St Helen's Primary School, Alveston for primary school children aged 4-11. Awarded Outstanding by Ofsted in June 2024. Ad hoc fee £13.50; 141 children registered across after school and holiday club combined.
- St Mary's Bradley Stoke Out Of School Club After school club (3:30pm-6pm Mon-Thu) at St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Bradley Stoke for primary school children aged 4-11. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted in March 2018. Ad hoc fee £14.00.
- St Mary's Thornbury Out Of School Club Before-school (7:40-8:45am) and after-school (3:20-6pm Mon-Fri) childcare at St Mary's C of E Primary School, Thornbury for primary school children aged 4-11. Regular fees 2025-26: £7.00 breakfast, £13.00 after school. Rated Outstanding by Ofsted November 2015 and Met January 2020.
- St Helen's Holiday Club Full-day (8am-6pm) holiday childcare at St Helen's Primary School during school holidays, including breakfast, snacks, activities, and optional lunch. £34.50 full day or £37 with lunch. Maximum 32 places. From Summer 2026 includes HAF-funded places.
- Charlton Wood Holiday Club Full-day holiday childcare at Charlton Wood school during school breaks, offering fully-funded places for Pupil Premium, SEND, and Ukrainian refugee children in addition to fee-paying parents.
Quantifiable outcome
- Multiple Outstanding Ofsted ratings achieved across St Mary's Thornbury (2015, 2020), St Mary's Bradley Stoke (2018), St Helen's (2018), Cherry Garden (2016, 2022)
- +2 more outcomes
Companies that use OOSC
Customer profileNamed customers5 records
Segments3 records
Ideal customer profiles2 records
OOSC technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed No
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration15 records
OOSC partnerships and signals
Strategic signalScale indicators5 records
Recent moves12 records
Expansion highlights5 records
OOSC competitors and assessment
Company assessmentDirect peers
- Premier Education: UK provider of before/after-school clubs, holiday clubs, and sports-activity programmes in primary schools — directly comparable school-based wraparound and holiday offering.
- Junior Adventures Group: One of the UK's largest wraparound childcare and holiday club operators, offering breakfast, after-school, and holiday programmes in primary schools nationally — same product category and school-premises delivery model.
- Schools Out: UK wraparound childcare provider running before, after-school, and holiday clubs in primary schools — the closest direct competitor to OOSC's site-based model in a single region.
Broad incumbents
- Childbase Partnership: UK group of high-quality nurseries and day nurseries offering wraparound and holiday childcare to working families, comparable customer base with broader geographic and age-coverage.
- Storal Learning: UK nursery group focused on high-quality early years and wraparound care with multiple sites — adjacent incumbent in the same regulated childcare category.
- N Family Club: Premium UK nursery and wraparound childcare provider with comparable customer profile of working parents and a similar regulated, Ofsted-inspected operating model.
- Busy Bees Childcare: One of the UK's largest nursery chains with hundreds of sites; a broad incumbent in the regulated childcare market, also accepting the same voucher schemes referenced by OOSC.
- Bright Horizons Family Solutions: Large UK and global childcare operator (nurseries, preschool, backup care) overlapping in the wraparound/childcare category but operating at significantly greater scale and a broader portfolio.
- Tops Day Nurseries: Established UK nursery and wraparound childcare provider in the South of England, overlapping geographically with OOSC's South Gloucestershire/Bristol footprint.
Emerging players
- Winkworth (Holiday Club / Wraparound Franchise Operators): Smaller UK regional wraparound and holiday-club operators in adjacent Bristol/Somerset catchments — emerging competitors that could enter South Gloucestershire schools over time.
Market position
Strengths4 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
OOSC compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance1 record
OOSC financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
OOSC leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles5 records
OOSC funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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OOSC M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
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Frequently asked questions about OOSC
What does OOSC do?
OOSC operates Ofsted-registered before-school, after-school, and holiday club childcare services for primary school children aged 4-11 at five partner school locations across South Gloucestershire (Charlton Wood, Frenchay, St Helen's, St Mary's Bradley Stoke, St Mary's Thornbury), plus holiday clubs at St Helen's and Charlton Wood. Parents access services through regular (guaranteed weekly) bookings or ad hoc (pay-as-you-go) bookings via the iPAL online platform, with healthy meals, supervised activities (outdoor play, crafts, cooking, sports), and acceptance of multiple childcare voucher schemes.
Is OOSC a public or private company?
OOSC is a private company. It is classified as founder individual operated bootstrapped and is currently operating.
When was OOSC founded?
OOSC was founded in 2007. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is OOSC based?
OOSC is headquartered in Charlton, United Kingdom, in the Europe region.
How does OOSC make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. Regular Session Fees are the primary driver. The others are ad Hoc Session Fees, holiday Club Fees and registration Fees.
Who are OOSC's main competitors?
Direct peers on record are Premier Education, Junior Adventures Group and Schools Out. Broad incumbents are Childbase Partnership, Storal Learning, N Family Club, Busy Bees Childcare, Bright Horizons Family Solutions and Tops Day Nurseries. Winkworth (Holiday Club / Wraparound Franchise Operators) is listed as an emerging player.
Does OOSC have an API?
No public API is recorded for OOSC.
What industry is OOSC in?
OOSC's product category is Childcare Services (Out-of-School / Wraparound Care). Its primary akta.pro industry code is EDACAHAK, Holiday, Inset-Day & Break Coverage Programs (Early Years). Its NAICS code is 62441 and its SIC code is 8351.