Breakfast Club Assistant

Northborough Primary School, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE6 9BN

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  23 February 2026

• Closing date

  10 February 2026 at 4pm

• Date listed

  28 January 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: £12.65 Hourly Scp 3

Breakfast Club Assistant job summary

3.75 hours per week - 8.30am to 9.15am Monday to Friday

Northborough Primary School are looking to appoint a Breakfast Club Assistant to join our friendly team to assist in the running of our Breakfast Club. Within the role you will assist in the delivery of breakfast, play and care provision for children aged between 4 and 11 years. This will involve supervising the provision of a healthy cold breakfast, promoting healthy eating habits, and supporting appropriate play-based activities. Working hours are 8.30am to 9.15am Monday to Friday.

We are looking for someone who:

• Enjoys working with children and ideally has experience of working with children aged 4-11 years
• Has a good standard of general education and ideally a qualification at NVQ level 2 in an appropriate childcare/education related subject although this is not essential
• Has a basic understanding of food hygiene and willingness to undertake basic qualifications
• Has an understanding of safeguarding
• Is able to communicate well with a wide range of groups and individuals
• Is a team player whilst also able to work on their own initiative

We offer:

• A friendly team of people to work with
• A well resources and welcoming environment
• A highly-supportive school environment which is committed to you and your professional development.

This position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service which will require candidates to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions on their application forms.

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 Northborough Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 189 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Northborough Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/northborough-primary-school

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