Breakfast Club Assistant

The Oval School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B33 8JG

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  13 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  2 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher or lecturer
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £3,081.00 - £3,410.00 Annually (Actual) Part-time, 5 hours per week over 5 days (Monday – Friday, 8am – 9am), Permanent term time Only

Breakfast Club Assistant job summary

Are you passionate about working with children and helping them start their school day in a happy and positive way?

Do you enjoy creating fun, engaging activities and building positive relationships with children?

If the answer is yes, then this exciting opportunity could be the perfect role for you.

We are looking for a friendly, caring and enthusiastic Breakfast Club Assistant to join our team. You will play an important role in creating a safe, welcoming and engaging environment where children can enjoy breakfast, play and socialise before the school day begins.

About the role

Lead activities. This includes setting up and clearing away equipment.

Supervise and support with eating breakfast

Support children in playing with one another and resolving conflict effectively

Work as part of The Oval team.

Safeguarding children and young people

You will:

• Share our commitment to the values and behaviours at The Oval
• Have a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people
• Be willing to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks
• Be motivated to work with children and young people
• Have the ability to form and maintain appropriate relationships and personal boundaries with children and young people
• Foster excellent working relationships with colleagues and families

In return you will receive:

A supportive and nurturing Senior Leadership Team

Supportive and hardworking colleagues

The opportunity to make a difference in the lives of disadvantaged children.

The benefit of being part of a multi-academy trust, offering the support of experienced colleagues across our schools and greater opportunities for career progression.

If you would like to discuss this role before submitting your application, please contact us via email or phone 0121 464 3248.

As part of DRB Ignite Multi Academy Trust, we can offer an extensive range of professional development involving all Trust schools, support from within school but most of all the confidence and trust to develop your teaching and leadership skills without risk.

Please note: In line with Safer Recruitment Practice, a minimum of two references will be sought for shortlisted candidates prior to interview. One reference must be the candidate’s current/most recent employer. The Trust is absolutely committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults through its safer recruitment processes. The Trust expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check will be required for this post. We encourage all applicants to review our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy, which outlines our commitment to the safety and wellbeing of students.

As part of our due diligence an online search will be carried out for all shortlisted candidates.

Rehabilitation of Offenders

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016).

Therefore, the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

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 The Oval School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 639 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Oval School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-oval-school

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