23 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2026

  • Closing date

    25 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    1 June 2026

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

£24,796.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary £14,085

Before and After School Club Playworker job summary

The Learning Partnership along with the Principal at Wistaston Church Lane Academy wish to appoint a motivated, committed and highly effective Before and After School Club Play Worker to join our hard working and enthusiastic team.

The successful candidate will have good communication skills, be positive and energetic for the children, a strong team player and be able to use their own initiative.

We would also like the successful candidate to help the children have fun and enjoy their time at our Before and After School Club.

The position will be temporary fixed term until August 2027 due to funding with an expected start date of September 2026

About the Trust

The Learning Partnership is a diverse new multi-academy trust delivering excellent educational provision for pupils in primary and secondary schools across the North-West. The Trust primarily serves the communities of Crewe, Congleton, and Knutsford, and is now the largest multi-academy trust in Cheshire.

At The Learning Partnership, we believe that there are three core facets of our mission -people, passion, and performance. We are striving to build a community of the strongest people, inspiring a passion for education that galvanises these people to maximise their abilities, which supports all pupils to perform at their best. We believe that these core principles will create a culture that helps all our schools to improve and ensures pupil outcomes are the very best they can be.

The trust subscribes to the Education Staff Wellbeing Charter and places staff wellbeing at the forefront of its strategic people priorities. Our ongoing commitment in this area is reflected in our employee offer that includes:

  • Discounts in retail stores, entertainment, and supermarkets
  • Benefits schemes in affordable tech, cycle2work, gym memberships and a car scheme
  • Employee assistance programme providing specialist advice and guidance in a range of areas including menopause, financial management, and up to 8 counselling sessions per referral
  • Free parking

The Learning Partnership is a disability committed employer: applicants requiring adjustments to the application, interview process or would like an informal discussion about the post should contact Jackie Hulme - Business Support Officer on officemanager@wistaston.cheshire.sch.uk

Interviews will be arranged at a mutually convenient time with candidates.

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Hours: Monday to Friday, 25 hours per week between the hours of 7am-9am & 3pm-6pm

Weeks: 38 weeks per year (term time only)

Start date: September 2026

Actual salary: £14,085 Grade3 SCP 3

Closing Date: Thursday 25th June 2026 12pm

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The Learning Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All staff appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced checks with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS).

The Learning Partnership is committed to the promotion of equality of opportunity and the elimination of discrimination; all applicants should note that they will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of disability, gender, race, religion, age, sexual orientation and marital status or any other discrimination which is unfair or unreasonable.

We particularly welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities because we would like to increase the representation of these groups at The Learning Partnership. We want to do this because we know greater diversity will lead to even greater outcomes for children. We are proud to be an employer that holds Disability Committed and Menopause Friendly status.

The Trust is ‘happy to talk flexible working’. Flexible working increases workplace diversity by making roles accessible to those with caring responsibilities (primarily women), disabled staff, and both older and younger workers.

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.

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About Wistaston Church Lane Academy

School type
Academies, Does not apply, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary school
School size
432 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
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School location

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