OPAL Play Leader for Lunchtime & After School
Belmore Primary Academy, Hayes, Middlesex, UB4 9LF12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
21st April 2025
Closing date
7 March 2025 at 1pm
Date listed
14 February 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
- £23,925.00 - £24,267.00 Annually (Actual) NJC - Scale 3, Point 5 -6 (pro-rate; depending on experience)
OPAL Play Leader for Lunchtime & After School job summary
We’re looking for a Play Leader to lead our new play programme at lunchtimes (OPAL – Outdoor Play And Learning) and manage our brand new after-school club. We are looking for someone who is dedicated and hardworking, who is passionate about working with children and knows how to have fun as well as being organised and able to be part of a lead a small team. We will give you all the training you need so you will need to be keen to learn and commit to training.
The hours required will be from 10.30am until 6.30pm. You will be organising and leading the activities at lunch and the same for the after-school club with admin time built in daily.
The successful candidate will work closely with the leadership team to ensure our lunchtime play and learning is always a high standard.
This role requires an enhanced DBS certificate with barred lists check.
Desirable qualifications
This role doesn’t require any specific qualifications, but it’s even better if you have:
First aid and safeguarding training for children
Experience working with primary school aged children
Level 3 Play Leader Qualification
About Us:
We aspire to be a school:
- That everyone wants to come to.
- That changes lives.
- That is an exciting place to be and learn in.
- That is an integral part of the Middlesex Learning Partnership – working and learning together, supporting each other.
Our aim is for all staff:
- To enjoy coming to work.
- To enjoy getting better at their role.
- To enjoy making a difference to our pupils and families.
- To have the tools to get through the hard days.
- To work collaboratively and positively with each other.
- To have a work balance which is right for each individual.
For our pupils, we want:
- Belmore to be the right place for each individual child.
- Pupils to want to learn more and do better.
- Pupils to be proud of their school, it is their place.
- We have high standards and expectations for pupils, both academically and socially. We don’t apologise for this.
Benefits:
- All support staff may join our competitive employer contributions Pension Scheme.
- Free Breakfast and After-School Care if needed
- Training opportunities for personal and professional development.
- Access to a vibrant and friendly staff community including involvement in a variety of staff wellbeing groups, school trip travel opportunities and sports activities.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme.
- Access to the Cycle to Work scheme.
- A formal contract, detailing terms and conditions, will be extended following completion of all safeguarding/ pre-employment checks.
The Schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Applicants must undergo child protection screening, including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service.
We see staff as the vital ingredient in our school’s success and our commitment to the development of staff at all levels is a fundamental priority for us.
To fully appreciate what the school is really like you need to see us in action. Please feel free to contact Mrs Amrita Kaur, HR Officer for Primaries, by phone 01895 5462364 or by e-mail: amkaur@mlp.org.uk, to arrange a visit.
An information pack and application form can be found here or on the school website www.belmore.school.
Further information: Earlier applications are encouraged and shortlisting and interviews may take place earlier than advertised.
Belmore Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to online checks. Successful candidates will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and further social media checks. It is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from engaging regulated activity relevant to children. Please see here link to MLP Safeguarding Policy (primary).
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 are not accepted.
About Belmore Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 602 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Belmore Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
Belmore is not only the highest performing in Hillingdon but has been recognised by the Mayor of London as one of the best Primaries in London and Belmore joined the ‘Schools for Success’ programme, putting us in the top 6% of Primary schools in the capital.
Belmore is rapidly becoming the school of choice. The standard of teaching is very high and children achieve at the very highest levels, far better than what they would achieve in any school locally.
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