AN after school club is to be expanded because it is so successful.

Last April, the club at St Joseph's Primary School in Loftus gained a £10,000 grant from the New Opportunities Fund with help from the Redcar and Cleveland Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership.

Now the 24-place club is set to be expanded to cater for 32 children.

Mike Atkinson, headteacher at the school, said: "The club has been welcomed by parents and is a great hit with the children too."