Play Assistant

Lyde Green Primary School, Bristol, South Gloucestershire, BS16 7LH

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  30 January 2026

• Closing date

  13 February 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  30 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Casual
• Full-time equivalent salary: CSET 14, £12.65 per hour

Play Assistant job summary

Job Title: Play Assistant

Salary: £12.65 per hour. CSET 14

Contract Type: Casual

Location: Lyde Green, BS16 7LH

We are looking for passionate and creative play assistants to join our before and after school clubs, based at Lyde Green Primary School.

As a member of the team, you will gain valuable experience assisting the delivering a wide range of engaging and participative childcare activities; working with children from ages 4 - 11.

This is a demanding but very rewarding role suited to someone with an interest in supporting children and should ideally have some relevant experience of working alongside children. You should be self-motivated, have good communication skills and be able to engage with children positively.

It is important that you have an understanding of the issues involved in the delivery of quality play care; and demonstrable experience of providing and facilitating safe and creative play.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Plan and deliver safe activities with groups of children from all class ranges
  
• Engage with children encouraging them to participate in activities to promote learning and social development
  
• Support children on a 1:1 basis who have complex needs (if required)
  
• Encourage fair and caring behaviour among the children
  
• Encourage independence and self-esteem
  
• Ensure safety and safeguarding procedures are adhered to ensure children are kept safe
  
• Assist with food preparation for serving breakfast and afterschool snacks
  

You will report into Kate Cole, Play Manager and please feel free to contact her for an informal chat to discuss the role further. You may want to visit the school and have a look at the playroom and find out a bit more about what the Play Assistants do.

In order to apply for this role please complete an application form by 9am, Friday 13th February. Please let us know if you require any adjustments as part of the process.

Please know that depending on the number of applications received we may decide to close the advert early. If you do not hear from us by a week after the closing date then please assume that you have not been shortlisted for an interview. If you have previously applied for this role there is no requirement to apply again, all applications will be reviewed. We wish you all the best in your future and ask that you join our E-Teach Talent Pool so as to keep up to date with all of our latest current opportunities.

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As a Disability Confident Employer, CSET is committed to equal opportunities and encourages applicants from all backgrounds and communities, as we recognise the importance and benefit this has 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

CSET is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates are subject to child protection screening appropriate to the post, which will include an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check for the children’s workforce and a Children’s Barred List check.

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 Lyde Green Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 478 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lyde Green Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lyde-green-primary-school

Lyde Green Primary is a fresh and exciting new school based at Lyde Green near Bristol. Our aim is to inspire and encourage a passion for lifelong learning in our children, sparking curiosity, promoting creativity and nurturing developing passions to ensure that our children grow and thrive on their journey through school. Our curriculum places huge importance on reading and a love of books. It also promotes the ‘big ideas’ of diversity, society and exploration.
Our dedicated team of staff model themselves as lifelong learners and put our children’s best interests at the heart of everything they do and they work hard to ensure children remain challenged, motivated and engaged with their learning throughout their time with us.
The school currently has just under 500 children comprising two EYFS classes, three Y1, three Y2, three Y3, two Y4, two Y5 and one Y6 class. Lyde Green Primary School also has a Specialist Access Centre for up to 16 children with a diagnosis of ASC (Autistic Spectrum Conditions)
We value kindness, resilience and tolerance and expect our children and staff to demonstrate these values daily. We also believe in the importance of courage when trying new things, collaboration and team work to achieve things together and the importance of always being respectful to one another.

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