At the start of the current school year, four fifths (80%) of parents said that at least one of their school-aged children was participating, or going to participate, in paid extracurricular activities. This is by far the highest result since CBOS records began in the 1998-9 school year. As in previous years, the vast majority of parents who have decided to pay for these activities for their children will do so for all them. The most common extracurricular activities – sports – are, or will be, paid for by 57% of parents.

More on this subject in the CBOS report.