Lunchtime Play Leader
Whipman Woods Flying High Academy, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S81 7FTThis job expired on 18 July 2025 – see similar jobs
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
18 July 2025 at 9am
Date listed
8 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £23,656.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 1, Point 2 (7.5 Hours, 5 Days Per Week - 38 weeks per year) [Actual salary £4009]
Lunchtime Play Leader job summary
About Us:
Whipman Woods is a vibrant and inclusive primary school where children are at the centre of everything we do. We are proud of our warm, welcoming ethos and strong sense of community, where every child is supported to achieve their very best.
Our dedicated staff team works collaboratively to create an environment where curiosity is encouraged, individuality is celebrated, and learning is brought to life through a rich, broad, and balanced curriculum. We place high importance on wellbeing, both for our children and our staff, and are committed to nurturing a positive, purposeful culture in which everyone can thrive.
About Flying High:
Flying High Partnership is a thriving multi-academy trust of 35 primary schools across Derbyshire, Nottingham City, and Nottinghamshire. We are driven by a shared vision to be unique, exceptional, and sustainable. Founded in 2012, we believe in the power of meaningful collaboration to help schools reach their full potential while supporting others along the way.
Our Partnership celebrates individuality, champions continuous improvement, and ensures every child thrives. With a strong focus on school-led professional development and leadership, we’re committed to growing exceptional teachers and inspirational leaders.
Together, we make every day count.
About the Role
We are looking for a caring, enthusiastic, and committed Lunchtime Play Leader. You will deliver high-quality and varied indoor and outdoor play activities to ensure a positive and enriching play experience for the children, together with supporting the orderly conduct, welfare, and safety of pupils during school lunch breaks, both in the dining area and outdoor areas
Key Responsibilities
Adhere to OPAL principles: Ensure that children in your care are continually having a fun, stimulating, and safe time in line with OPAL guidelines.
Encourage outdoor play: Lead and motivate children to engage in outdoor physical activities.
Plan and deliver activities: Assist with the planning and delivery of structured and enthusiastic activities, encouraging maximum participation.
Set up play spaces: Organise and prepare play areas, including moving furniture and play equipment.
Communicate with staff: Manage the exchange of all relevant information about the children with teaching staff and management.
Involve children in planning: Consult with children and involve them in planning activities to ensure their interests and needs are met.
Supervise pupils: Oversee pupils both outside and inside the dining hall, ensuring their safety and well-being.
Conduct risk assessments: Ensure that all activities, equipment, and settings are safe, with relevant risk assessments undertaken.
Promote orderly dining: Ensure that the overall arrangement for children to dine promotes an orderly and pleasant service.
Set up and pack away the dining hall: Including putting up/down tables, moving chairs, sweeping, hoovering, and wiping down tables.
Manage movement: Arrange supervision to allow safe movement among children within the covered area.
Maintain behaviour standards: Ensure acceptable standards of behaviour are maintained to minimise the likelihood of children hurting themselves, others, or damaging property.
Supervise during bad weather: Oversee pupils in classrooms during inclement weather.
Perform additional duties: Carry out any other duties that may reasonably be regarded as within the nature of the duties and responsibilities/grade of the post as defined.
We Are Looking For
- Someone who enjoys working with children and is passionate about ensuring a safe, inclusive, and engaging environment.
- A positive and proactive team member who communicates well and works collaboratively with others.
- Someone who values inclusion and believes in the potential of every child.
- A dependable and flexible person who maintains professionalism and confidentiality at all times.
- Someone who understands the importance of safeguarding and wellbeing in a school setting.
We Can Offer You:
- A commitment to people across our partnership, underpinned by our people principles: adaptability, wellness, recognising achievement, employee voice and engagement, professional development and growth, inclusivity, and collaboration.
- A warm and welcoming school community where every member of staff is valued.
- A supportive and friendly team that works together to create a positive environment for children and staff.
- Opportunities for relevant training and development to help you grow in your role.
- Access to an employee assistance programme offering wellbeing and practical support.
- The chance to make a real difference to children’s lives every day in a rewarding and valued role.
Application Details
We’d love to meet you! Visits to the school are warmly encouraged and offer a great opportunity to see our school in action. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact the school office.
Early applications are strongly encouraged, as we reserve the right to interview and appoint before the closing date.
Flying High Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. We welcome applications from all sections of the community. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
Further information about the job
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.
About Whipman Woods Flying High Academy
- School type
- Free School, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 111 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Whipman Woods Flying High Academy website
School location
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