Lead Activities Worker (Wrap Around Care)
Leiston Primary School, Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4JQ7 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
1 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
24 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £12,924.00 - £13,341.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 3 Scale Points 7 - 10
Lead Activities Worker (Wrap Around Care) job summary
Lead Activities Worker (Wrap Around Care) Grade 3 Scale Point 7 - 10
Monday to Friday 7.30am to 9.00am and then 3.00pm to 6.00pm - Term Time only
Leiston is a 420 place school with a busy nursery. Currently judged by Ofsted as ‘Good’. We offer our children a wide range of opportunities. Leiston Primary School is a supportive and thriving environment working with pupils from a range of backgrounds. We constantly look at ways to develop and extend our practice to support our role as part of the community. We uphold a safeguarding ethos at the very heart of what we do and it forms our decisions on a day by day basis with the child’s voice being a key part of this. Our ideal candidate will work with the school to ensure that the supervision of children during lunchtimes is positive and effective.
We are looking for a candidate who:
As the Wraparound Care Lead, you will be responsible for the day-to-day running of our breakfast and after-school provision. You will plan and deliver engaging activities, ensure a warm and inclusive environment, and work closely with school staff and families to provide high-quality care.
Key Responsibilities:Set up and manage daily wraparound sessions
Plan and deliver fun, age-appropriate activities that support children’s development
Provide a safe and stimulating environment for all pupils
Lead and supervise wraparound care staff
Liaise with parents and carers to support children’s needs
Ensure policies and procedures (e.g. safeguarding, health and safety) are followed at all times.
About You:
Experience of working with children in a primary school or childcare setting
Enthusiastic, reliable, and nurturing in your approach
Excellent communication and organisational skills
Paediatric First Aid and DSL Safeguarding training (or willingness to complete).
- We can offer:
We are proud to be part of East Anglian Schools Trust (EAST) alongside Farlingaye High School, Kesgrave High School, Bungay High School, Castle East School, EAST SCITT and four other primary schools Wickham Market, Easton, Leiston and Saxmundham with whom we work closely with.
For an informal conversation please contact the school office on 01728 830745 and ask for the head of school Mrs Lucy Melton or email lei.finance@eastmat.org
East Anglian Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share and adhere to this commitment. Please note that all applicants will be subject to online searches. The successful candidate will be also be required to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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.
About Leiston Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 380 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Leiston Primary School website
School location
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