Caring for your child at the SASC
Regd Ofsted # EY2877801
Your children are the most valuable things you have. This understanding guides all our thinking & policies.
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 3 Directors are parents of boys and girls. And Hayley (the 4th) is a very practised teaching assistant with strong SEND experience.
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 was for many years, a Scout leader. Taking up a lead role with the ZAC has encouraged her to study for the 'gold standard' National Vocational Qualification in Playwork. She completed this course to Level 3 in 2016, and achieved Level 5 in 2023.
Semley Afterschools Club (SASC) based at Semley Village Hall. ZAC's 11 years of experience is now offered to the new After Schools Club, which opened at the Nadder Centre in March 2025, and moved to Semley Village Hall early in 2026. Sarah Upshall oversees this new venture and has brought in Mel, Jorja and Sophie as new staff, training them as appropriate. We have always had a strong commitment to training and Ashleigh from Hindon has recently completed her apprenticeship in Early Years and Jorja is about to start 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. We are a No screens setting...!
We 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 'BOB the BUS' people carrier collects children from St John's Tisbury, 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 also collect from Ludwell.
Zeals Afterschools Club CIC
Regd England Company No. 14029387
Directors: Ross Coad; Vicky Morse; Hayley Travers; Sarah Upshall.
We aim to offer 'a home after school that you'd like your child to have'