After School Club Assistant

Willingham Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 5LE

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  13 October 2025 at 5pm

• Date listed

  29 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £8,276.00 - £8,405.00 Annually (Actual)

After School Club Assistant job summary

Vacancy

After School Club Assistant

Total of 15 hours per week

3.00 - 6.00pm Monday to Friday Term Time Only - Job Shares considered

£24,423 to £24,796 pro-rata (Actual pro-rata salary £8,276 to £8,405)

Scale 1C - Point 2-3

Willingham Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A DBS check and a disqualification declaration are required for this post. In line with guidance from the Safer Recruitment Consortium, an online search will be completed for shortlisted candidates.

We are looking to appoint an After School Club Assistant to join our team at Willingham Primary School, this position is term time only for 38 weeks of the year working Monday to Friday between 3.00 - 6.00pm.

You will assist in offering a range of creative and appropriate play opportunities for children in Reception through to Year 6. Your day-to-day role will be ever-changing, exciting and full of laughter and your focus will be enjoying these activities and supporting children to engage and develop. You will be part of a small friendly team of play workers.

You will help create a safe, fun and fulfilling home from home environment for the children, asking how their school day was, playing games and eating a meal before they go home.

Benefits of working for us include:

On-going staff training and opportunities for professional development

A supportive environment where contributions and ideas are encouraged, valued and supported.

Access to a free Employee Assistance Programme, offering mental health and wellbeing support.

1 wellbeing day a year, Cycle to work scheme, yearly flu vaccination and Government Pension Scheme.

Free childcare within the After School Club if your child attends Willingham Primary School

A fantastic close working team

The right candidate will align completely with our values of hard work, integrity and kindness and will support us in achieving our mission statement:

To provide pupils with the knowledge, experiences and confidence they need to excel at secondary school and so that they can make the choices, now and in the future, to have a happy, fulfilling life.

Visits to the school are strongly encouraged. Please contact the School Office on 01954 283030, to arrange a visit.

Apply for this position via https://mynewterm.com/jobs/110622/EDV-2025-WPS-02811

This appointment is subject to Enhanced DBS Check, Barred List Checks and two positive references.

Closing date for applications: Monday 13th October 2025 at 4.00pm
Shortlisting: Tuesday 14th October 2025
Interviews: Monday 20th October 2025

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 Willingham Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 341 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Willingham Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/willingham-primary-school-cambridge

At Willingham Primary School, we have created a welcoming atmosphere where all are respected, valued and we work hard to get better every day, from whatever our starting point.

Whether it’s in the way that the staff deliver their lessons; the content that is being taught; the attitudes of children with each other and towards their learning; or the effort that they put into their work, the expectation is that we improve together. We work so that each day builds upon the last and leads towards the next.

We offer teaching, founded in sound principles of cognitive psychology, to support each child to achieve their potential within a happy, friendly, caring community. We are committed to working towards providing children with an aspirational, knowledge-rich curriculum and to provide equality of opportunity, which will allow equitable success.

The discipline that we engender, in and out of the classroom, is evident in all areas of school-life and we support the children to become the best versions of themselves. We aim to foster strong relationships with parents and the wider village. We see ourselves as a cohesive part of the community and endeavour to make the community proud of us.

Willingham Primary School (WPS) is at the heart of the community. We are a medium sized school with currently 351 children on roll. Our purpose-built school includes classrooms, two halls, a library area, ICT suite, sensory room, on-site catering, and staffroom. Our spacious grounds include playgrounds, a playing field, wild-life area with pond, quiet outdoor learning spaces, and an outdoor swimming pool. We also have our own pre-school on site – Honeypot Pre-School.

Willingham Primary School is a Local Authority controlled, community school.

Our Mission Statement:
The WPS mission is "to provide pupils with the knowledge, experiences and confidence they need to excel at secondary school and so that they can make the choices, now and in the future, to have a happy, fulfilling life."

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