After School Club Assistant

Chirton Church of England Primary School, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 3QS

25 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  2 November 2026

• Closing date

  9 October 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  14 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £25,614 - £26,016 per annum pro rata | £7,252 - £7,532 per annum

After School Club Assistant job summary

The working hours for this role are expected to be 15:30 - 18:00, Monday to Friday, 12.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year.

All Cannings Church of England Primary School is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and enthusiastic After School Club Assistant. As a member of staff within our Trust, you will contribute to a collaborative working environment and play a key role in supporting the learning and development of all pupils.

As an After School Club Assistant, you will help deliver a safe, engaging, and inclusive wraparound care provision where children can learn, play, and thrive. You will support the day-to-day organisation of the club, assisting with the planning and delivery of activities that promote children's social, physical, creative, emotional, and intellectual development. The role involves building positive relationships with children, encouraging independence, supporting behaviour in line with school expectations, and ensuring all children feel valued and included. You will also assist with the supervision of meals and refreshments, meet children's personal care needs where required, and help maintain a safe, secure, and stimulating environment. Working closely with colleagues and parents, you will communicate effectively, provide feedback when needed, and contribute to a high-quality service for families. Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children will be at the heart of everything you do, with responsibility for identifying and reporting any concerns in accordance with school procedures. The successful candidate will be caring, organised, enthusiastic, and committed to supporting children's wellbeing and development while upholding the school's values and professional standards.

For a complete Job Description, Person Specification, and Candidate Briefing Pack, please view the attached documents. We recommend viewing these documents as they will guide you in preparing a strong application and help you understand what we’re looking for in an ideal candidate.

About EQUA Mead Learning Trust

EQUA Mead Learning Trust is a leading educational institution based in Wiltshire. Dedicated to providing high-quality education to students from diverse backgrounds. Members of staff across EQUA Mead will be committed to improving the life chances of the pupils we educate and ensure we give Every Child, Every Chance. As a growing Trust, currently educating almost 6000 pupils across 22 different schools (pre-school, primary, secondary, and sixth form) we are immensely proud of our staff and endeavour to be an employer of choice. This is an exciting time as we continue to grow the number of schools and children we support.

Important Application Information

When completing your application, please ensure that you add at least 2 references, with the first being your most recent employer. Please ensure that you read the attached referencing guidelines to familiarise yourself with our process. 

As part of our safer recruitment procedures, it is important that references are requested and, wherever possible, obtained before the interview. Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) guidance states that references should be sought before interview wherever possible and should be scrutinised as part of the recruitment process to help ensure that only suitable individuals are appointed to work with children.

Early applications are encouraged, as we reserve the right to interview before the closing date. Your application must include a full employment history, accounting for any periods of time where you were not in active employment. If this is not included it may not be possible to consider your application. To comply with safer recruitment regulations, we cannot accept applications using a CV. An incomplete application will not be considered. 

This role will involve contact with children, and the post holder will be engaged in regulated activity relevant to children and will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed. 

We will only submit a DBS application to the relevant disclosure service when a position is accepted. 

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Chirton Church of England Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 114 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Chirton Church of England Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chirton-church-of-england-primary-school

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