Lunchtime Assistant & Play Worker

Waterwells Primary Academy, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL2 2FX

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  23 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  13 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £5,824.00 - £5,824.00 Annually (Actual)

Lunchtime Assistant & Play Worker job summary

We are looking for somebody to undertake the combined role of Lunchtime Assistant & Play Worker.

Working as a member of the lunchtime team, you will ensure that our children have a meaningful lunchtime eating and play experience every day. Duties will include getting children ready for lunchtime, supervising handwashing, setting up tables and chairs for lunch, cleaning up afterwards and helping pupils with their meals. Outside, you will help to create a safe and stimulating outdoor environment that offers social, active and creative play experiences for all, and your emphasis will be to actively support and initiate play among our children.

Waterwells Primary is a two form entry Primary school with its own Pre-school, catering for children aged 3-11. At Waterwells Primary, we have high expectations, and the needs of our pupils are at the heart of all we do. Our aim is to provide a caring and safe environment for our children to become confident, caring, resilient and curious; we encourage them to achieve the very best that they can across every area of the curriculum.
Greenshaw Learning Trust is a highly successful multi academy trust that provides excellent quality, comprehensive and inclusive education through primary schools and secondary schools. Our schools are based in London, Surrey, Berkshire, Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, Bristol and Plymouth. We also have three shared service hubs where our central teams can be based out of. We are building a family of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing their own distinctive character. We thrive from collaboration at every level. We encourage a culture of sharing ideas and learning from one another. As a Trust of schools, we are ‘Always Learning’.
To get a feel of life at Greenshaw Learning Trust, please download our ‘Why you should work for GLT’ recruitment brochure on our jobs portal.
Main responsibilities:
- Assist children at lunch
- Set up, clean, pack down and store dining furniture
- Facilitate play opportunities and act as an ambassador for play
- Ensure that all of the children have a safe site for play
- Ensure that all children visit the dining hall and eat their lunch
- Assess play areas, implementing any changes required
- Assist with putting out and packing away play equipment
- Record and report incidents, i.e. site issues, behaviour, first aid
- Assess and deliver first aid to pupils (if trained). Assist with first aid reporting
- Offer care, support and advice to children during lunchtime
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of all children in accordance with the school's child protection and behaviour management policies
- Attend periodic team meetings and/or training for professional development
You will need:
- Willingness to attend play work CPD and to gain qualifications in play work, first aid and safeguarding
- Good general standard of education
- Experience of interacting with Primary age children
- To enjoy working with young people, and a positive and supportive attitude towards young people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds
- Strong team work skills and enjoy being part of a team
- Friendly approachable manner
- Dependability, with good time keeping
- Willingness to try new things
Benefits include, generous pension scheme; access to Blue Light Card scheme; Employee Assistance Programme; Gym discounts; Cycle to work scheme; Green car scheme; and Being part of a great team and expanding organisation.

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

Waterwells Primary is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people therefore this appointment will be subject to vetting, including an enhanced DBS disclosure and a barred check.

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 Waterwells Primary Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 335 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Waterwells Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/waterwells-primary-academy

Waterwells Primary is a two form entry Primary school with its own Pre-school, catering for children aged 3-11. At Waterwells Primary, we have high expectations, and the needs of our pupils are at the heart of all we do. Our aim is to provide a caring and safe environment for our children to become confident, caring, resilient and curious; we encourage them to achieve the very best that they can across every area of school curriculum.

We are proud members of the Greenshaw Learning Trust, a ‘family’ of like-minded schools, that collaborate to provide mutual support, share their good practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing our own distinctive character.

The Trust is a vibrant and forward-thinking community of teachers, support staff and learners committed to educating the ‘whole child’ to improve life chances, whilst securing the best possible outcomes for students. We encourage all young people to work hard and make the most of the opportunities they are given. Our amazing team of teachers and support staff themselves demonstrate and encourage a lifelong love of learning, both within and beyond our curriculum.

As one of the highest performing multi-academy trusts in the country, we currently comprise of thirty schools: seven in South London, five in Berkshire, one in Surrey, fourteen in Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire, and three in Plymouth. We are continuing to grow and have further schools joining us on a regular basis.

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