Midday Play Leader 1:1 support

Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 9NT

14 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  30 September 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  16 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full time equivalent salary: £13.28 Hourly Term-time only

Midday Play Leader 1:1 support job summary

Key Responsibilities

1:1 Pupil Support & Personal Care

• Provide dedicated 1:1 guidance to support a child with visual and mobility needs, helping them navigate dining and play spaces safely.

• Attend to pupils' personal needs, including social, health, hygiene, welfare, and basic first aid.

• Support, model, and coordinate inclusive play activities, ensuring all children are encouraged to join in.

Mealtimes & Play Facilitation

• Act as a role model, setting high expectations for social skills, table manners, safe lining up, and hand hygiene.

• Assist in preparing and setting up dining spaces, outdoor play areas, and classroom/Nursery learning spaces (including putting away tables, sweeping floors, and wiping chairs).

• Implement the school’s Behaviour Strategy to ensure fair, equal access to play and learning.

Teamwork, Administration & Training

• Work collaboratively with teaching staff, supervisory assistants, and catering staff.

• Assist in observing, recording, and feeding back on pupil progress and achievements.

• Attend weekly team planning/training sessions, read weekly briefing minutes and CPOMS updates, check emails daily, and complete required INSET training days.

Requirements & Qualifications

• Experience: Experience working with children of primary/early years age is essential. Prior experience supporting children with Special Educational Needs (SEN), specifically visual impairments or mobility support, is highly desirable.

• Skills: Ability to work well in a team, manage group play, and interact warmly and effectively with young children.

• Education: Numeracy and literacy skills equivalent to GCSE Grade C / Level 4 (or NVQ Level 2) in English and Maths are desirable, though not essential.

• Hygiene & Safety: Basic knowledge of hygiene procedures. Physical capability to assist with setting up furniture and assisting pupils when necessary (training provided).

Safeguarding & Working Conditions

• DBS Check: This post involves high-degree contact with children and is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. An Enhanced DBS check will be carried out via Hertfordshire County Council pre-employment checks.

• Policies: You will be required to read, understand, and strictly comply with all school Safeguarding, Child Protection, Health & Safety, Data Protection, and Confidentiality policies.

• Physical & Environmental Factors: The role involves setting up and clearing away dining furniture, active outdoor supervision, and occasional emergency response (e.g., attending to minor injuries or first-aid needs).

  To find your more information about the role please contact Miss Clare Cockburn, Headteacher

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 7
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 243 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Wheatfields Infants' and Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wheatfields-infants-and-nursery-school

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