Breakfast Club Assistant

Ivy Lane Primary School, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 1HE

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  22nd April 2025

• Closing date

  13 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 January 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: £24,404.00 - £25,183.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary £2764 - £2852 per annum

Breakfast Club Assistant job summary

Breakfast Club Assistant

Pickwick Academy Trust would like to recruit a permanent, part-time Breakfast Club Assistant, based at Ivy Lane Primary School.

Hours:

5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 7.30am until 8.30am, working 38 weeks per year (term time, excluding TD days

Salary range:

D4-D6, £24,404-£25,183 pro rata, per annum (actual salary £2764 - £2852 per annum).

Start date: 22nd April 2025

Our school:

Ivy Lane School is a two-form entry Primary School in the centre of Chippenham, Wiltshire and is part of the Pickwick Academy Trust. We also have our on-site Sunflowers Nursery which accepts children from the age of 3 years old.

We believe in ‘Learning for Life’, aiming to equip every child with both the skills to be successful beyond their primary years and a life-long appetite for learning. The school community really is a special place to learn. Ofsted Jan 2022 recognised this; ‘Teamwork is central to the work at Ivy Lane to ensure pupils are educated and nurtured well.’

Our school values of ‘Learning, Environment, Others and Ourselves’ underpin our ethos. We place a huge importance on outdoor learning and are very lucky to have Forest Schools Provision. We also have an extensive provision of social and emotional support for our children.

Role overview:

We are looking to appoint a committed and flexible Breakfast Club Assistant, to undertake the care of individuals or groups of children and support their learning and development before school.

Main Duties:

To ensure that the health and safety needs of each individual child are met at all times

To stimulate, encourage and develop children’s play in a positive way

To foster children’s language development and social skills through sustained shared thinking and the use of open-ended questioning.

Attend to the personal, social and emotional needs of individual children

To support the club leader in all aspects of the running of the club.

To assist with food preparation – a Level 2 Food Hygiene certificate will be required or training will need to be undertaken

Please refer to the job description and person specification for further information.

Interested candidates are required to apply by 12.00noon on Thursday 13th February 2025

Interviews will be held on Thursday 27th February 2025

Please do not apply via the Indeed website and please note that we cannot accept CVs.

Contact details:

If you require any further details regarding the role, or would like to arrange a visit to get a flavour of our fabulous school, please feel free to contact Mrs Kerry Nowosielski (Admin Officer) at admin@ivylane.wilts.sch.uk or on 01249 652556. We would love to hear from you.

For any assistance regarding the My New Term system and the application process, please reach out to Sylwia Hulbert (HR Recruitment Officer) at SHulbert@pickwickacademytrust.co.uk , who will be happy to help with your queries.

EXTERNAL CANDIDATES: If you have previously applied for one of Pickwick Academy Trust’s vacancies using our My New Term applicant tracker system, please ensure that your application is updated with your current workplace details and responsibilities.

Additionally, please remember to nominate a referee. In line with KCSIE policy, the reference must come from someone within the leadership team, if you have worked in a school previously please nominate the Headteacher.

INTERNAL CANDIDATES: If you have previously applied for one of Pickwick Academy Trust’s vacancies using our My New Term applicant tracker system, please ensure that your application is updated with your current workplace details and responsibilities.

Additionally, please remember to nominate a referee from Pickwick Academy Trust. In line with KCSIE policy, we require the reference must come from someone within the leadership team, such as the Headteacher or Deputy Headteacher.

If you do not find a suitable job on our website at this moment, we encourage you to sign up for our Talent Pool. By joining, you'll stay connected with our Trust and be considered for future opportunities across our 15 schools as soon as they arise. It's a great way to ensure you're on our radar for roles that match your skills and interests. Please use the following link https://mynewterm.com/candidate-login/ to join in.

At Pickwick Academy Trust we are committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people and we require anyone joining our school to actively contribute to this commitment.

All shortlisted candidates will be subject to online searches as part of safer recruitment due diligence. Successful candidates will be subject to a range of pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS check and a barred list check if working in regulated activity

Pickwick Academy Trust is a friendly and inclusive community and is committed to equality of opportunity for all. Our aim is to ensure that no applicant or employee is discriminated against or is disadvantaged by policies, procedures, conditions or requirements. We have a caring and supportive environment where wellbeing is a key priority – flexible working requests will be considered.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Ivy Lane Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 452 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: Ivy Lane Primary School website (opens in new tab)
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ivy-lane-primary-school (opens in new tab)

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