School age childcare: child rights and wellbeing impact assessment

4. Which groups of children and young people will be affected?

The Programme will potentially benefit all school age children.

It will especially benefit children of primary school age from lower income families, particularly those children from the six priority families who are at greatest risk of poverty identified in the Tackling Child Poverty Plan.

The Programme is expected to also positively impact children who live in rural areas where SACC provision can often be limited or not available.

The Programme is also expected to affect children who may not currently attend school age childcare, by removing barriers to access related to, for example, disabilities, race, religion and belief, or other characteristics or family circumstances.