Opal Play Leader

Aragon Primary School, Morden, Surrey, SM4 4QU

30 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  16 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  16 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: £7,866.76 - £7,978.79 Annually (Actual)

Opal Play Leader job summary

Join Our Award-Winning OPAL Platinum Play Team!

We are thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity to become a valued member of our Play Team! If you’re passionate about creating meaningful, positive play experiences for children and enjoy working as part of a supportive team, we would love to hear from you.

As a key member of our Play Team, you will play an important role in providing a safe, inclusive, and stimulating outdoor environment where children can enjoy active, creative, and social play during lunchtime. You will help organise and lead exciting activities, encourage teamwork and positive friendships, and inspire imaginative play, ensuring every child has a fun and enjoyable lunchtime experience.

This role is about much more than supervision. As a Play Leader, you will have the opportunity to develop your skills and grow as a play professional. Working closely with our Play Coordinator and other team members, you will learn and apply innovative play work principles, gain valuable experience in supporting children's development, and help create enriching play opportunities that encourage confidence, independence, and well-being.

We are looking for enthusiastic, reliable, and positive individuals who enjoy working with children and are committed to making a difference in their school day. Whether you already have experience in a school setting or are looking to start a rewarding role in education, this is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a team that values creativity, collaboration, and child-centred play.

If you have a positive attitude, enjoy working outdoors, and are ready to help make lunchtimes fun, engaging, and memorable for every child, we encourage you to apply today. Come and join us in creating a happy, active, and inspiring lunchtime experience for our children!

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

The Willow Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sectors of the community. We are committed to protecting our pupils and staff and therefore have a rigorous recruitment process which includes assessing candidates’ suitability to work with children, we expect all staff to share this commitment. The Trust will complete an online check on shortlisted candidates, as recommended in KCSIE and expect the successful candidate to complete an enhanced DBS disclosure.

We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

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 Aragon Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 597 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Aragon Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/aragon-primary-school

Aragon Primary School is a thriving and inclusive school in the London Borough of Merton, educating pupils from Nursery to Year 6. As part of the Willow Learning Trust, the school benefits from strong collaboration across the trust while maintaining a clear identity at the heart of its local community. Aragon has been recognised for its high standards, strong relationships and a culture where pupils are encouraged to be ambitious, curious and proud of their learning.

Children are at the heart of every decision we make. Our pupils are happy, confident and proud of their school. Strong relationships between staff and pupils create a calm, purposeful environment where children feel safe, supported and ready to learn. We hold high expectations for all, and our pupils respond with excellent behaviour, kindness and a strong sense of responsibility.

We are proud that our pupils achieve highly, with outcomes consistently above national averages. Our recent Ofsted inspection recognised the strength of our curriculum, the exemplary behaviour of our pupils and the culture of care and high expectations that defines Aragon.

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