Kids Club Activity Leader

Crown Street Primary School, Manchester, M15 4ZB

17 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  26 November 2025

• Closing date

  31 October 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  14 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13.07 per hour

Kids Club Activity Leader job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a passionate and enthusiastic Kids Club Activity Leader‌‌‌‌‌‌ to join the team within the after school Club at Crown Street Primary School. You will play a vital role in providing safe, fun, and educational experiences for primary school children. This role offers a rewarding opportunity to create a high-quality, child-focused play environment. This position will be based in our Kids Club which offers a safe and happy ‘home from home’ play based environment. 

Due to Crown Street Primary's unique location, there is no parking on site. However, there are Pay & Display bays on the surrounding roads of Great Jackson Street, which is where Crown Street Primary School is located. Public transport is excellent, with Crown Street Primary School being a 7-minute walk from Deansgate Train Station and Deansgate-Castlefield Tram Stop. We also offer interest free loans for the purchase of annual travel tickets.

If you would like to join our Laurus family in a rewarding role that changes the lives of our pupils by empowering them to become the best that they can then we would love to hear from you. 

This position is contracted for up 12.5 hours per week (After School Club only 3-5:30pm Monday - Friday), Term Time Only basis. This means you will mainly work when the school is open to pupils and will not need to work during the school holidays unless the contract requires you to do so. In total you will be in work for a minimum of 38 out of 52 weeks. 

Job Purpose (For further details on the role, please find the Job Description below)

• Supervise children, organising/preparing appropriate play-based activities and ensuring the environment is left in a clean and tidy condition at the end of each session.
• Provide a high quality, child-centred play setting that meets the needs of all children and their families, including those with additional needs.

Key Skills and Experiences

• Sound educational background including GCSE’s in Maths and English (A*-C) or equivalent
• Level 3 EYFS Qualification is desirable
• Good knowledge and understanding of play and how to create opportunities for a wide range of ages and interests
• Minimum 3 years' experience of working with children ages 4-11 would be advantageous 

To learn more about what the Trust offer, including our wide range of employee benefits and access to further professional learning, visit our Careers page. At the Laurus Trust, we value the significance of a healthy work/life balance for our employees.  Achieving a better balance can boost motivation and morale, lower stress levels, enhance performance and productivity, and make job opportunities more inclusive. Whenever feasible, we are committed to offering flexible arrangements from the very start, which could include options like part-time roles, term-time working, Job-sharing and compressed hours.

A full application must be submitted as CV's will unfortunately not be accepted in line with our safer recruitment process. 

Closing date: Friday 31st October at 9am.

Proposed Interview Date: 5th November.

We reserve the right to interview prior to the closing date.

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 Crown Street Primary School

• School type: Free School, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 44 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Crown Street Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/crown-street-primary-school

Crown Street Primary School opened its doors in September 2024 to their first cohort of Pre-School and Reception children.

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