BASC Playworker
Rush Common School, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 2AW9 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Wednesday 3rd September 2025
Closing date
4 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
25 June 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
- Grade 5/6 dependent on experience or qualifications
BASC Playworker job summary
Grade: 5/6 Dependent on experience or qualifications
Contract: Permanent
Start date: Wednesday 3rd September 2025
Hours of work: 3.00pm –5.00pm, Monday – Thursday term time only
Rush Common is great because:
‘I love playing with my friends’
‘Cooking, I love the cooking’
‘I really enjoyed making paper flowers’
‘We love playing with lego’
‘I like reading, especially outside’
We are looking for candidates with:
Previous experience of working with young children, or a relevant qualification.
Knowledge of safeguarding/child protection procedures is an advantage.
Good communication skills.
An understanding of play based approaches to children’s learning and development.
Knowledge of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) is an advantage.
Holder of a first aid qualification is an advantage.
Should this opportunity be of interest to you and you would like to find out more, please contact Sue Bennett, BASC Manager for further information.
Contact details are as follows:
Email: BASC@rushcommon.school
Telephone: 01235 533583.
Rush Common School is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced check. The School is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion and welcomes applications from less well represented groups in the school and Trust.
All staff are expected to promote fundamental British values.
Visits to the school are encouraged. Application forms are available on-line at www.rushcommonschool.org
Commitment to safeguarding
Abingdon Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders in regulated activity are subject to appropriate vetting procedures and a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced check.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Rush Common School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 416 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Rush Common School website
Rush Common is a friendly and popular two-form entry Primary School with a capacity of 420 pupils aged between 4 and 11. The school is split into three phases: Early Years Foundation Stage; KS1 Years 1 and 2; and Key Stage 2 (Years 3, 4, 5 and 6). Rush Common School converted to an Academy in March 2012 and is part of Abingdon Learning Trust. The school was awarded a Good Ofsted grading in November 2021.
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