Working parents face mammoth task of juggling homeschool and work through the summer

Award-winning part-time nanny service and the UK’s fastest growing childcare brand Koru Kids has revealed the results of a timely new survey into 1,500 working families and the continued pressure they face to juggle work and homeschooling.

Koru Kids launched its survey during the lockdown in June to gather insights into the attitudes of its community of working families and was astonished with the widespread engagement across London from 1,500 parents.

The results have shown that working parents are finding themselves under increasing pressure as 53% of respondents plan to continue homeschooling their children over the summer to prevent them falling behind. With many summer camps unsure if they can open, working parents will be under continued strain to juggle working and homeschooling concurrently.

In addition, working parents also revealed on average they are managing three hours of homeschooling a day. 65% reported being satisfied with the support they’ve had from their child’s school with homeschooling provision.

With the Government announcing schools will return with full capacity in September it tells a strong story that 87% of parents said they would send their children back. However, if schools don’t reopen 64% will continue to juggle work, childcare and homeschooling.

Koru Kids has been supporting London’s working parents since it launched in 2017 with its unique proposition that focuses on part-time nannies for school aged children (aged 3+).  When schools closed, Koru Kids were quick to respond to the needs of working parents and to date their nannies have provided over 65,000 hours of childcare to support parents to continue working from home.

Koru Kids CEO Rachel Carrell said “We launched our survey to get a sense of how parents’ would approach homeschooling after lockdown and how they felt about sending their children back to school. The results show how resilient working parents are. We’ve  been inundated by parents requesting homeschooling and extra childcare support from our nannies and we’re glad to help families in their time of need.  It’s clear that parents need childcare support more than ever, especially as many come out of furlough and get back to work.  Koru Kids will continue to support the working parent community.”