Breakfast Club Assistant

St Thomas' Catholic Primary School, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST10 4DS

9 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  asap

• Closing date

  21 November 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  12 November 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: £24,796.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary £2,820.60

Breakfast Club Assistant job summary

About this Role

We are seeking a friendly, reliable Breakfast Club Assistant to help our children start their day feeling safe, happy, and supported. This vital role contributes to pupils’ social development while maintaining a positive, welcoming, and respectful environment each morning.

This role is part-time, term-time, 1.25 hours per day, Tuesday to Friday, 5 hours per week.

Key Responsibilities

Supervise children during breakfast and morning activities, both in the dining hall and play areas.

Encourage positive behaviour, social interaction, and healthy eating habits.

Ensure children feel safe, included, and engaged in activities.

Assist with minor first aid or resolve small issues as they arise.

Help maintain a clean, tidy, and welcoming environment for all children.

Could this be you?

You enjoy working with children and being part of a friendly, supportive team.

You have a calm, caring, and approachable manner.

You are reliable, punctual, and able to use your initiative.

You understand the importance of safeguarding and promoting children’s well-being.

Previous experience in a school, breakfast club, or childcare setting is helpful, but not essential.

Why join us?

Be part of a warm and welcoming school environment.

Work alongside supportive colleagues and a dedicated leadership team.

Enjoy opportunities for professional development and growth.

Join a close-knit community guided by strong values and a shared commitment to our pupils.

If you would like to be part of our friendly and dedicated team, we would love to hear from you.

Closing date for applications Tuesday 18th November, 9am

Informal enquiries and further details can be obtained from Mrs J Burnett, School Business Manager via email office@st-thomas-tean.staffs.sch.uk Visits to the school are recommended and warmly welcomed. For further information about St Thomas’ Catholic Primary School, please visit the school website, https://www.st-thomas-tean.staffs.sch.uk/

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS check, satisfactory references, and pre-employment medical clearance. In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), online searches will also be carried out for shortlisted candidates. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

St Thomas’ Catholic Primary School is proud to be part of St Gabriel the Archangel Catholic Multi-Academy Trust. A company limited by guarantee registered in England & Wales with company number 08146661. Registered Office Address: Station Road, Cheadle, Staffordshire ST10 1LH. Telephone: 01538 493777

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.

About St Thomas' Catholic Primary School

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 209 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Thomas' Catholic Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-thomas-catholic-primary-school

St Thomas’ is an outstanding primary school situated in the village of Upper Tean, close to Cheadle, Staffordshire. It has 209 students on roll and is one of 13 primary schools working within The Painsley Catholic Academy (the largest Catholic multi-academy company in the diocese of Birmingham). The school has a very positive ethos where staff, pupils, parents, Directors and parish work well together.

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