Afterschool Club Supervisor

Cherry Tree Academy, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF8 2HN

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  15 September 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  2 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 4 FTE £24,790-£25,183 (Actual £7,685 - £7,807)
• Additional allowances:

  Grade 4 FTE £24,790-£25,183 (Actual £7,685 - £7,807)

Afterschool Club Supervisor job summary

Waterton Academy Trust is looking to appoint an Afterschool Club Supervisor to join the team at Cherry Tree Academy.

Cherry Tree Academy is on an exciting school improvement journey with all stakeholders firmly committed to providing high-quality education for all pupils. We seek to ensure that every pupil achieves their full potential and develops a sense of belonging to our school community and family of schools.

Our ideal candidate will:

Be enthusiastic, highly motivated and hardworking

Have a commitment to support our common purpose of providing our children with the best possible care and education

Have experience of working in primary schools.

Greet children on arrival at club, provide and supervise play

Follow Risk Assessments guidelines

Follow Food Hygiene guidelines in preparing food

Supervise pupils, ensuring their safety

Report any pupil problems or behavioural difficulties in accordance with school

policy and work at all times within safeguarding guidelines. Be prepared to take on a DSL role for the ASC.

Deal with incidents in accordance with school policy; encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour

Liaise with parents

Report all accidents and complete a form for parent

Ensure that any person on the premises is authorised to be there

Will join in games and be encouraging with homework and reading

Will be caring, friendly, kind and a good role model

Assist with the personal needs of pupils including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters and to show patience, tolerance and warmth to all children.

Assist with the supervision of pupils ensuring their safety and access to learning.

To prepare the setting as directed for activities and to clear afterwards.

Ensure that the setting abides by and maintains appropriate legislative and quality assurance requirements.

Undertake appropriate training courses.

Collect and deliver children safely to and from the setting and deliver the children to the appropriate parent/carer at the end of the session

Other duties commensurate with the grade of the post as directed by the Headteacher.

In return we can offer:

The support and expertise of the school’s leadership team and wider Trust School Improvement Team

A modern, bright and spacious learning environment (recently developed and refurbished)

The opportunity to work alongside colleagues who are wholeheartedly dedicated to the pupils and community they serve

A commitment to support your continued professional development through a network of experienced professionals across the Waterton family of schools

The opportunity to contribute widely to school improvement

A health and wellbeing package

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

Waterton Academy Trust is committed to ensuring children and young people are fully supported and safe and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Safer recruitment processes are followed which all applicants will be subject to. An enhanced DBS check is required for the successful candidate and two satisfactory references. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of any unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered, prior to interview.
The Trust is committed in ensuring that all employees and applicants are treated equally and fairly.

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 Cherry Tree Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 240 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Cherry Tree Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cherry-tree-academy-wf8-2hn

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