Opal Team Member
Aragon Primary School, Morden, Surrey, SM4 4QU5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
5 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
11 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: Monday to Friday
Contract type
- Fixed term - TBC
Pay scale
- Me4 03
What skills and experience we're looking for
Join Our Award-Winning OPAL Gold Play Team!
Looking for a fun, part-time role with BIG impact? We’ve got the perfect opportunity for you!
We’re thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity to become a member of our Play Team! If you’re passionate about creating meaningful play experiences for children, we want you on our team.
As a key member of our play team, you will help provide a safe and stimulating outdoor environment, ensuring all children enjoy active, creative play during lunchtime. You’ll coordinate exciting activities, promote teamwork, and inspire imaginative play, all while ensuring a safe and stimulating atmosphere for every child.
This role is not just about supervising; it’s about developing your skills and growing as a play professional! You’ll collaborate closely with our play coordinator and team members, learning innovative playwork principles and enhancing your ability to facilitate enriching play opportunities.
If you have a positive attitude, love working with children, and are ready for a rewarding role, apply now! Let’s make lunchtimes fun and memorable!
To apply for the role, please review the job description below carefully. Use it to tailor your personal statement, highlighting how your skills and experience align with the key responsibilities and attributes outlined. Be sure to showcase your passion for working with children and your ability to contribute to our award-winning play team!
What the school offers its staff
As a school, we work hard to support our staff and their own wellbeing as well as offering all staff professional development and coaching.
We are part of the Willow Learning Trust, working closely with Glenthorne High School and Abbey Primary School.
We can offer:
- A positive and caring ethos and working environment.
- A school where staff are highly valued, wellbeing and a healthy work-life balance is a priority.
- Enthusiastic, motivated, well-behaved children and very supportive parents.
- A commitment to your continued professional development with individually tailored career development and training opportunities.
- Access to an Employee Assistance Programme, with access to:
- A range of counselling options including telephone, online or face-to-face sessions, and a mindfulness module
- Financial, legal and practical support from qualified professionals on a range of personal issues
- Access to online health and wellbeing resources and a specialist information service
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding Statement:
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. Note the Trust will complete an online check on shortlisted candidates, as recommended in KCIES 2022 and expect the successful candidated 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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Aragon Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 623 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Aragon Primary School website
- Email address
- ngranelli@aragon.merton.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 02083370505
Aragon is a very popular three-form entry school set in spacious grounds on the border of Merton and Sutton.
Our children are at the heart of all we do here at Aragon; they are encouraged to have high expectations of themselves, to be responsible young people, tolerant of others, hard-working and kind. We try to create as many opportunities as possible for children to show responsibility and contribute to society. We believe in a broad and deep curriculum which is truly inclusive so all children reach their potential and a love of learning is fostered. Play is valued too and our extensive grounds are put to good use every day with a huge variety of activities to keep our children busy and engaged
Arranging a visit to Aragon Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email ngranelli@aragon.merton.sch.uk.
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