Breakfast Club Assistant

Ad Astra Infant School, Poole, Dorset, BH17 8AP

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  14 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  28 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £24,027.00 - £24,404.00 Annually (FTE) Grade C, Point 3 - 4, actual Salary - £3,370.32 - £3,423.20 per annum

Breakfast Club Assistant job summary

TEACH POOLE - MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

Ad Astra Infant School

Haymoor Junior School

Canford Heath Infant School

Canford Heath Junior School

Breakfast Club Assistant

6.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday

7:20 am - 8:35 am

(Grade C, Point 3 - 4) £24,027 - £24,404 per annum pro-rata

Actual Salary - £3,370.32 - £3,423.20 per annum

Term time only

Permanent

Required ASAP

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, organised and hardworking Breakfast Club Assistant to join our friendly Breakfast Club team, with the skills to work across the whole primary school age range. The successful candidate will be employed by the Trust as a whole, but the current vacancy is based at Ad Astra Infant School.

The successful candidate will support the school’s breakfast club in providing pupils with a safe, hygienic and educational environment in which to have breakfast and prepare for the school day. You will assist with the planning of menus and the purchasing of food and organising activities with children, ensuring their safety and physical, emotional and educational development at all times.

If you:

Have experience of working with 4 - 11 year olds and their families and a suitable childcare qualification

Have understanding and commitment to good quality childcare

Are cheerful, flexible and approachable

Have energy and enthusiasm and use your own initiative

Work well in a team

Have excellent communication and administration skills

A can-do attitude to overcoming obstacles

A preparedness to go above and beyond

Resilience and stamina

We can offer you:

Fun, friendly and supportive staff who get on well together

Rights’ Respecting pupils with excellent attitudes to learning and outstanding behaviour

Superb opportunities and specialist training for career professional development within our Trust

A fantastic induction programme

Enviable support at all levels, and a proactive approach to staff well-being, work-life balance and care for each person as an individual, including the ability to take time off during term time

Term time with salary shared across 12 months for ease of budgeting

Highly competitive rates of pay and excellent pension contributions by the Trust

Employee Assistance Programme through Health Assured

Long service awards

Beautiful school grounds and welcoming learning environments

Applications should be made online via My New Term. We do not accept CV applications.

Please contact our HR Department on 01202 380015 for more information.

Closing date: 14th October 2026

Interview date: 23rd October 2026

Join our team and help us make a real difference in the lives of our children!

Personal information provided by candidates will be securely filed electronically and password protected, with paper copies locked in filing cabinets in a locked office. They will not be released to third parties outside the school without the consent of the person concerned, except where there is a legal requirement to do so. If the application does not proceed, the data will be securely disposed of after 6 months. Any concerns regarding data gathered in the recruitment process should be directed to the Data Manager - Hayley Hemmings at h.hemmings@teachpoole.com

These schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Rigorous checks will be undertaken of the successful applicant’s background credentials including an enhanced DBS check. Online searches will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates. Suitability to work with children will be explored at interview.

TEACH Poole is committed to Equal Opportunities.

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

At Ad Astra Infant School, safeguarding is of the utmost importance. The school aims to help protect the children in its care by working consistently and appropriately with all agencies to reduce risk and promote the welfare of children.

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 Ad Astra Infant School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 4 to 7
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 257 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ad Astra Infant School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ad-astra-infant-school-poole

Ad Astra is the smallest of the four schools within the TEACH Trust, and due to its cosy size, has a warm and nurturing atmosphere. Enwrapped with greenery, Ad Astra has the luxury of beautiful grounds, a large field, nature zones and newly refurbished play areas.

Its broad and balanced curriculum offers rich opportunities for children to discover and explore, as well as develop their skills and understanding across a breadth of subjects. Ad Astra has a diverse range of clubs on offer, both internal and external, which the children absolutely love to participate in. Its staff have very high expectations and do whatever it takes to enable Ad Astra's children to feel safe, achieve and succeed.

Children are at the centre of everything they do, and this has been recognised by UNICEF when the school earned Gold Level Rights' Respecting status in 2019. They are also a Gold certified anti-bullying school which also achieved the All Together Anti-Bullying award in 2021. Alongside this, the school embraces the values of growth mindset, which instils in all its children a confident 'can do' attitude and genuine love of learning.

What makes Ad Astra really special is its supportive close-knit community. The children, families and staff collaborate and work together in partnership to make Ad Astra a place where children can thrive.

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