Caring for your child at the TAC
Regd Ofsted #[to be confirmed]
The Zeals Youth Trust has run a youth club in Zeals since 1992. In the summer of 2014 the need for an after school club for local schools for children aged 5-11 years was identified.
In starting up the ZAC, the Directors were able to draw on considerable practical experience as all 3 Directors are parents of boys and girls.
Ross Coad is the lead Director for the ZAC. He (and his late wife) has 1 daughter and 3 sons and now enjoys 14 grandchildren aged 19 - 3. Since remarrying, Ross has acquired a further 6 grandchildren aged 16 - 5.
Team Leader is Sarah Upshall, who has 2 sons. She has, for many years, been a Scout leader. Taking up a lead role with the ZAC has encouraged her to study for the 'gold standard' National Vocational Qualification Child Care. She completed this course to Level 3 in 2016, and achieved Level 5 in 2023.
ZAC's 11 years of experience is now offered to the new After Schools Club opening at the Nadder Centre in March 2025. Sarah Upshall will be overseeing this new venture as we take in new staff and train them as appropriate. We have always had a strong commitment to training and have Ashleigh from Hindon 2 years through her apprenticeship in Playwork.
Only top quality staff are good enough for your young girls & boys, and we have always focussed on having ample adult staffing to be there for your children. No screens...!
They all enjoy the opportunities to give the children their undivided attention - be it with listening to their reading; playing basket ball; helping with Lego creations; arranging painting or play dough sessions; or just playing outside in the large playground. We are conscious of the Government's wish that children may enjoy 'risky play' (and are not too mollycoddled) but also aware of the need to strike a balance between risk and danger.
Our TISBUS mini bus collects children from Hindon, Semley & Wardour schools. Our drivers have all undertaken the Government's MIDAS minibus driver course, and are all parents of boys & girls. The mini bus run includes an 'outrider' play worker who sits in the back with the children to make sure seat belts are not removed and order prevails.
We are confident that we at TAC offer as good and as caring an experience for your children as anywhere in the country.
Do please come in and meet us/see for yourself any school afternoon between 3.30 - 5 o'clock.
Zeals Afterschools Club CIC
Regd England Company No. 14029387
Directors: David Corbin; Ross Coad; Sarah Upshall; Vicky Morse.
We aim to offer 'a home after school that you'd like your child to have'