Opal Play Leader

Chellaston Fields Spencer Academy, Chellaston, DE73 6WS

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  1 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  24 February 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: £5,944.00 Annually (FTE) NJC 3 - 10 hours per week, 2 hours per day

Opal Play Leader job summary

As a midday Play Leader, you'll play a vital role in supporting children during their lunch break - encouraging positive play, good manners and kind behaviour while promoting the school's values. you'll help children enjoy a variety if playground games and activities, supervise them while eating, and ensure that everyone feels included and respected. If this role appeals to you we would love to hear from you!

Early application is strongly encouraged as we reserve the right to interview and close the advert ahead of the closing date.

Spencer Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all our children and young people. Therefore, we expect everyone to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to satisfactory pre- employment checks, including a satisfactory Enhanced criminal records with Barred List Check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and the completion of Level 2 Safeguarding training. It is an offence to apply for the role if an applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children (where the role involves this type of regulated activity).

The Trust and its member academies are committed to promoting equality and diversity in both employment and education provision. We aim to ensure that students, parents, governors, employees, contractors, partners, clients and other stakeholders within the Trust community are treated fairly, and with dignity and respect regardless of Protected Characteristics.

Spencer Academies Trust is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.

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 Chellaston Fields Spencer Academy

• School type: Free Schools, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 173 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chellaston Fields Spencer Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chellaston-fields-spencer-academy

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