OPAL Playworker (Midday Supervisor Assistant)
Beacon Primary Academy, Skegness, PE25 2RN6 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
8 September 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
25 August 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
- £4,505.00 - £4,505.00 Annually (Actual) GAT 3, Fixed Point 3
OPAL Playworker (Midday Supervisor Assistant) job summary
We are looking for a dedicated and professional lunchtime play worker to join our OPAL team at Beacon Primary Academy. The Play Worker will support and facilitate meaningful and productive child-initiated play during the school day in accordance with the play procedures.
You will be working from 11:45am - 13:15pm Monday to Friday, with the play team and support from the Play Co-ordinator for play, to deliver safe and imaginative play times for children.
There may be planning and OPAL team meetings, for which overtime will be given.
About us:
At the Beacon Primary Academy, we believe every child is unique and we strive to provide every learner with the opportunity to succeed and challenge themselves to be the best they can be. In partnership with our parents and community, we aim to develop children who are passionate about learning and who conduct themselves responsibly in the world.
We believe that every child should have the best possible opportunities for learning whatever their background or abilities. We strive to provide a relevant, creative and challenging curriculum where the children can develop the confidence to reach their full potential in an ever-changing world. We seek to develop the aptitudes, skills and knowledge which will help pupils achieve through praise, encouragement and high expectations of work and behaviour.
In return we have multiple benefits for our talented and highly valued people:
Alongside nationally agreed terms and conditions, we offer a generous benefits package. Here's a selection of what's on offer to our people in recognition of the huge difference they make to our children, their families and the communities we serve.
- Access to Benefit Hub - the world’s largest discount marketplace
- A free Wellbeing Gateway platform and mobile app
- A free, 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme - confidential & compassionate support when you need it
- Lease a brand‑new or pre‑loved hybrid vehicle through our Salary Sacrifice Car Scheme
- Train & qualify as a Mental Health First Aider. We aim to have a qualified Mental Health First Aider in each academy
- Supporting your professional development through CPD, Apprenticeships, Upskilling and Professional Review
- Generous public sector pension schemes for everyone
- Eye tests & Spectacles Discount
- Family friendly policies and time off for dependants
- Dedicated ECT support programme
- Access to savings in childcare costs
- Generous annual leave allocation
- Automatic pay progression
- Free parking on all sites
- Principles on workload & directed time for teaching staff
- Professional Supervision for Academy Leaders
If this post attracts sufficient interest before the closing date, we may decide to close and interview this vacancy at an earlier date, so an early application is advised.
The Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.
All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Beacon Primary Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 206 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
The academy, part of the Greenwood Academies Trust (GAT), is located in Skegness, Lincolnshire. We are new and expanding academy with currently 150 pupils on roll, growing to a maximum of 210 in the final year of its growth.
This is a very exciting opportunity to be part of a forward thinking and creative team. Having opened as a brand new academy in September 2014 our approach is fresh and dynamic, with every staff member being fantastically talented and committed to meet the needs of every pupil. Would you like to be part of this exciting journey as we continue to expand?
The recent Ofsted inspection in November 2016 gave an overall ‘good’ grading with two areas being ‘outstanding’, after being open for just two years.
‘Leaders have secured a culture of care and challenge which brings out the best in each pupil. The school’s warm and welcoming environment immediately captures the imagination of pupils and adults alike.’
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