Before School Club Play Worker

Meadow View Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B43 7UJ

20 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  13 April 2026 at 1pm

• Date listed

  24 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £4,145.68 - £4,278.02 Annually (Actual)

Before School Club Play Worker job summary

Permanent, Term Time Only, no training days

Salary: G3 SPC 004-006 £4,145.68 - £4,278.02

Hours: Monday - Friday 7.30am - 9am

Total weekly hours: 7hrs 30 minutes

Meadow View Academy is situated next to Doe Bank Wood, in a pleasant area with extensive school grounds. Barr Beacon is just on our doorstep! Our School vision is Dream, Believe, Achieve and all children receive a high standard of education within a happy, caring and safe environment that enables them to enjoy learning and achieve their full potential. We are proud to be part of the Lighthouse Multi Academy Trust, made up of nine schools all working collaboratively.

We are seeking to appoint a Before School Club Play Worker, to join our Young Explorers team.

You will be supporting the provision of a child centred environment where children are looked after in a safe, caring and stimulating way. You will ensure their individual needs are met within a group setting, in accordance with the clubs policies and procedures.

The successful candidate will need to be a friendly, enthusiastic and playful person, supporting children’s needs and supervising the play space. You will be required to escort the children to their classrooms following the morning session.

Strong communication skills are essential as you will be interacting with children and parents. Dedication to providing quality childcare is necessary to ensure the club meets all legal requirements. Ideally you will hold a level 2 or 3 qualification in either play work or an equivalent childcare qualification and have previous experience of a play setting, although this is not essential.

The successful candidate will:

• Be friendly, enthusiastic and able to work effectively as part of a team
• Hold a Level 2 qualification in either play work or equivalent childcare qualification or have relevant experience

In return we will provide:

A friendly, welcoming teaching and support team

A committed and dedicated Governing Body

Continual professional development

A creative and innovative environment

Most importantly our children who are happy to come to school and extremely enthusiastic to learn

At Meadow View Academy we are committed to safeguarding our children, our safeguarding policies can be found on our school website - Meadow View Academy - Policies

The school will carry out online search checks for all shortlisted applicants, before interview candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration form, in line with keeping children safe in education guidance. The successful applicant will then be required to undertake an enhanced DBS and other pre-employment checks.

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.

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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 Meadow View Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: Up to 472 pupils
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Meadow View Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/meadow-view-academy

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