Learning Support Assistant/Lunchtime Play Leader

Nythe Primary School, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 3RR

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  25 January 2026 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  15 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £13.05 - £13.26 Hourly Part Time 9 hours per week term time only

Learning Support Assistant/Lunchtime Play Leader job summary

OPAL Play Leader

Hours of work; Part Time - 9 hours per week - potential for overtime to support forest school 1 afternoon a week and an opportunity to train as a forest school leader

Term time only (38 weeks per year)

Fixed term until Aug 2026

Salary; SCP 4-5 (£13.05 - £13.26 / hr)

Start date: As soon as possible

Nythe Primary School is looking to appoint an outstanding OPAL play leader who is enthusiastic, self-motivated and committed to providing a positive lunch time provision for all pupils. We would like someone with a tolerant and compassionate nature, a sense of humor and the ability to work both on their own and as part of our supportive team. The successful candidate will lead the school’s Play Team (comprising Teaching Assistants and Lunchtime supervisors), you will ensure that all our children have meaningful lunchtime play every day. You will work as a member of the OPAL Team to create and manage a safe and stimulating outdoor environment providing social, active and creative play experiences for all. This position aligns with a learning support mentor and could extend to overtime to support in forest school and open an opportunity to train as a forest school learner.

Our ideal candidate would be:

• An outstanding Play leader who is passionate about making lunchtimes a positive experience for all pupils.
• Energetic and enthusiastic when supporting children’s play.
• Confident in dealing with behaviour incidents or accidents that occur on the playground.
• Fully committed to inclusion.
• Friendly, positive, flexible and energetic.
• A team player.

In return we offer:

• A committed, hardworking and friendly team,
• A supportive leadership team.
• Opportunities for professional development.

As an Academy we work within the support of Excalibur Academies Trust, which offers our employees many wide ranging opportunities for future professional development.

Closing date: 25th January 2026 (Possibility of closing the vacancy early and interviewing early)

Interviews: Week Comm. 26th January 2026

Nythe Primary School and Excalibur Academies Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants will be subject to a full Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed.

Safeguarding Statement

Excalibur Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The Trust is proud to serve a diverse student and parent community. The aims of the Trust’s recruitment policy are to ensure that the best possible staff are recruited on the basis of their merits, abilities and suitability for the position; to ensure that all job applicants are considered equally and consistently; to ensure that no job applicant is treated unfairly on any grounds including race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, disability or age; and to ensure that the School meets its commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people by carrying out all necessary pre-employment checks.

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.

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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 Nythe Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 176 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Nythe Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/nythe-primary-school-swindon

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