AFTER SCHOOL PLAYWORKER LEAD

Umberleigh Primary Academy, Umberleigh, Devon, EX37 9AD

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  6th January 2026

• Closing date

  5 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  20 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13.26 Hourly Grade C | 7.5 HPW (15:30PM – 17:00PM MONDAY TO FRIDAY)

AFTER SCHOOL PLAYWORKER LEAD job summary

Do you have a few spare hours during the week and love working with children? Are you local to Umberleigh and/or can reliably commute? Then we want to hear from you!

The appointed person will provide quality after school provision for Reception age to Year 6 children. In-service training will be provided where appropriate.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a team where you will be valued, welcomed, and supported within a friendly staff environment. Additional benefits include:

- Membership of a generous pension scheme (TP/ LGPS)

- Access to Medigold Occupational Health who provide our employees with a range of free health and wellbeing benefits including access to Thrive; a mental wellbeing app

- Free Seasonal Flu Vaccinations

- Cycle to work and IT schemes

- Competitive Salary

- Wellbeing and Long Service days

We actively welcome visits to our schools. Should you have any further questions or wish to arrange a visit, please make contact with Corrinne Smith Head of School, via admin@umberleigh-primary.devon.sch.uk

TEAM Multi-Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all its staff and volunteers to share this commitment. A DBS check will be undertaken and references taken up before interview. All shortlisted candidates are subject to a pre-employment online search prior to interview.

If you would like to work and contribute to a Trust that is committed to providing children with outstanding learning experiences, aims to continually develop and grow, and where teamwork and the professional development of all staff is important, we would encourage you to apply via mynewterm.

Full details and application form can be found on our website www.teamacademytrust.com

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 Umberleigh Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 83 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Umberleigh Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/umberleigh-primary-academy

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