Lead Playworker (Breakfast Club)
Thames Ditton Junior School, Thames Ditton, Surrey, KT7 0BS11 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2026
Closing date
29 June 2026 at 9am
Date listed
18 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Ideally, we are looking for someone to work 5 sessions per week Monday- Friday 7.10– 8.50am.
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- The actual salary for 8 hours 20min per week, 38 weeks per annum is £5, 129.23.
What skills and experience we're looking for
Lead Playworker (Breakfast Club)Thames Ditton Junior School8 hours 20 minutes p/w, term time only, 38 weeks p.a.To Commence September 2026
We are looking to recruit to a new Lead Playworker (Breakfast Club) role to support the delivery of our extended school provision at TDJS. The ideal candidate will be a team player, able to build positive relationships and high-quality environment for children while managing staff and liaising with parents.
Duties will include assisting the line manager in the smooth running of the extended school provision, supporting and supervising pupils, delivering a range of engaging recreational and educational activities, contributing to the wider ethos and aims of the school, and ensuring compliance with all relevant policies and procedures, including safeguarding, health and safety, and hygiene requirements.
What the school offers its staff
Thames Ditton Junior School is a popular 3 form entry Junior School located on the borders of south west London, with 360 pupils from Year 3 to 6, and is part of the Hinchley Wood Learning Partnership. We offer:
- family friendly term time working
- competitive salary and annual performance progression
- two weeks’ autumn half term
- staff benefits & discount scheme
- occupational health and employee assistance programme
- free use of Gym at HWS
- supportive team and professional development support
- membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with generous employer contribution
- 50% discount on wraparound provision fees for children of staff if they attend TDJS or HWPS
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The position advertised is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check. Staff and governors have also established a code of conduct, an extract is included within this pack, which applies to all members of the school community.
Applying for the job
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About Thames Ditton Junior School
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 369 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Thames Ditton Junior School website
- Email address
- hr@hinchleywoodschool.co.uk
- Phone number
- 02083987161
Thames Ditton Junior School is a popular 3 form entry school located on the borders of south west London, with 360 pupils from Year 3 to Year 6.
The school also has learning and additional needs provision, supporting 16 pupils who have moderate learning needs and/or speech and language needs. The school has recently converted to academy status and joined Hinchley Wood School and Hinchley Wood Primary School in a multi academy trust – the Hinchley Wood Learning Partnership.
Our excellent academic results affirm the dedication and hard work of our children and staff, and the support of our parents and families; this success puts our children in prime positions in an increasingly competitive world.
We know, however, that learning is about more than this; we are determined to support our students in Thames Ditton - it is resilience and strength of character; the development of this in school, alongside a curiosity and zest for learning, and the embedding of growth mindsets that ensures our children can flourish, progressing confidently to the next stages of their academic, working or personal journeys. I
Our children are at the heart of all we do here. Our values are important to us. We all strive to develop these values: determination, honesty, respect, kindness, co-operation, responsibility and belonging in order that our children leave us equipped ready for their future.
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