After-school clubs, sports teams, music lessons, coding & STEM societies. Do these extracurriculars and activities really boost grades, or do they just overschedule our kids?

We break down fresh UK stats (59% vs 50% academic jump, 67% vs 91% sports gap, 54% vs 42% income divide) and global data from Finland, Japan, the USA and South Korea.

Hear the hard numbers on academic performance, soft-skill gains, mental-health benefits and the private vs. state advantage, plus the hidden costs, burnout warnings, social pressure and funding hacks that can put every child in a club they love. Perfect insight for parents, teachers and policy-makers searching for “after-school clubs”, “extracurricular benefits” or “are kids doing too much?”.