After School Play Leader (with optional Breakfast Club role)

Somerfords' Walter Powell CofE Academy, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 5HS

20 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 November 2025

• Closing date

  2 October 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  12 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: See attached
• Additional allowances:

  See attached

After School Play Leader (with optional Breakfast Club role) job summary

The Vine School - Somerford Walter Powell Site
After School Play Leader (with optional Breakfast Club role)

We are looking for a kind, enthusiastic and reliable Play Leader to join our wraparound care team at Somerfords’ Walter Powell, part of The Vine Schools. This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference to children's lives by creating a fun, safe and nurturing environment at the end of the school day.

Hours:
After School Club: 3:00pm - 6:00pm (Monday to Friday, term time only)
Optional Breakfast Club: 7:45am - 9:00am

Pay: Wiltshire Grade L/M depending on experience
Location: Somerfords’ Walter Powell Primary School, part of The Vine Schools

About the role:
As our After School Play Leader, you will lead engaging, age-appropriate indoor and outdoor activities for children in EYFS, KS1 and KS2. You will create a warm, welcoming environment that reflects our school values of kindness, respect and resilience. The role involves supporting children with snacks and a light tea (training in Food Hygiene and First Aid will be provided), ensuring high standards of care and safety at all times, and working closely with school staff and parents.

We are looking for someone who:

• Is caring, creative and calm under pressure
• Has experience working with children or a keen interest in doing so
• Works well as part of a team but is confident using their initiative
• Is willing to complete training in safeguarding, food hygiene and paediatric first aid

Food will be served daily, so hygiene standards and helping with tidying up are expected. There will be plenty of fun and laughter along the way too.

Term time only - school holidays are yours to enjoy.

All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references in line with our commitment to safeguarding.

Interested?
We’d love to hear from you. For an informal chat or to request an application pack, please contact the school office.

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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 Somerfords' Walter Powell CofE Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 58 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Somerfords' Walter Powell CofE Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/somerfords-walter-powell-cofe-academy

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