Nursery Playworker

Polehampton Church of England Infant School, Reading, Berkshire, RG10 9HS

119 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  1 August 2026 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  1 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,584.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE) Term time only

Nursery Playworker job summary

Our new nursery offering gives an amazing opportunity for staff to contribute to the development of our youngest children. As a new offering, this will allow all new team members to not only contribute day to day but into the development of the overall provision. It will offer growth opportunities for staff and children alike and will give those that work in and attend the setting and "let their light shine"

As part of this provision, we will be offering wraparound care for our nursery pupils in a separate offering to our current wraparound care offer for the rest of the Polehampton classes.

We are seeking passionate, committed and hard working staff to support our youngest pupils before and after nursery through an engaging, vocabulary-rich and thoughtfully-planned environment.

Core hours: Monday - Friday, 07:30 - 08:45 and 15:15 to 18:00 (part time positions are available as well).

Main job purpose

Responsibility for assisting the day-to-day activities of the OSC and supporting the continued provision for an engaging, safe and caring environment. In particular to the role:

Assist with the day to day activities of the club in providing a caring, secure environment, through individual attention and group activities within the framework of the school’s policies and procedures.

To provide a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children in the setting.

To work as part of a team in order to provide an enabling environment in which all individual children can thrive.

To ensure the health and safety of children during the sessions.

LEARN MORE, BOOK A TOUR OR APPLY FOR THE ROLE!

For full details, including an application form, job description and person specification, please visit our website and click on the Vacancies tab. School tours are recommended, so that you can understand more about the school and what we are looking for. Our website also provides a vast amount of information, including full performance data, further curriculum details and our weekly newsletters to give you a sense of what happens each week.

The Keys Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced criminal records check. No agencies please.

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 Polehampton Church of England Infant School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 7
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 166 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 7
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Polehampton Church of England Infant School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/polehampton-church-of-england-infant-school-reading

Polehampton CE Infant School and Polehampton CE Junior School are separate two-form-entry schools across two sites, which operate with one Senior Leadership Team and one Local Governing Body. The Polehampton schools are set within large grounds and have excellent opportunities for the pupils, including a swimming pool at the Junior site. Both schools are proud members of The Keys Academy Trust.

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