Play Coordinator Lunch Time Manager

Fairfields Primary School, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK11 4BA

5 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  17 December 2025 at 11am

• Date listed

  12 December 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: £25,989.00 - £25,183.00 Annually (FTE) Pro Rata Annual Salary £12,190.03

Play Coordinator Lunch Time Manager job summary

Play Coordinator Lunch Time Manager

20hrs per week. 4hrs per day 10.30am - 2.30pm

39 weeks per year (term time plus inset days)

Part time, Permanent

Grade C £25,989 (FTE), Pro Rata Annual Salary £12,190.03

Fairfields Primary School is proud to be part of the Inspiring Futures through Learning (IFtL) family of schools who inspire all of our futures through learning together. At IFtL we are never alone. We know we are stronger together - one united family striving for excellence for all, in everything we do.

We are seeking to recruit a Play Coordinator to begin our transformation of lunchtime and provision of play for our children. We are seeking to appoint an individual who understands the importance of play and will be able to support and facilitate this process. They will work together with School Leadership Team to set and run our lunchtimes.

The successful candidate will need to be reliable, flexible, work well in a team and be committed to making lunch time experience fun and engaging for all children. A pro-active individual to work collaboratively and flexibly within our team, build good working relationships with both children and adults and demonstrate a respectful and caring attitude towards all our children.

We are looking for someone who can bring new ideas on how to raise the profile of play, physical activity and social communication. While leading the Play Team and helping to deliver high quality and well supervised play activities during lunchtime.

Please see the job description for further details.

We can offer:

As part of the Inspiring Futures through Learning, successful candidates have access to enhanced family leave, Employee Assistance program, bespoke CPD and auto enrolment in LGPS/Teacher pension. All IFtL employees have access to a benefits platform which offers discount on gym membership, cinema tickets, cycle to work scheme and much more.

Our children and young people come from a wide range of backgrounds, and so do our colleagues. We aim to reflect and celebrate diversity in our workplace in order to create an inclusive culture that adds real value to our vision of inspiring the futures of us all through learning together.

Inspiring Futures through Learning is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All employees are expected to share this commitment, to follow IFtL’s safeguarding policies and procedures, and to behave appropriately towards children at all times, both in work and in their personal lives.

All school-based posts are defined as Regulated Activity and therefore this post is subject to an Enhanced with Barred List Criminal Records Bureau check

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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.

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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 Fairfields Primary School

• School type: Free School, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 574 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Fairfields Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/fairfields-primary-school-milton-keynes

Fairfields Primary School prides itself on being the beating heart of the Fairfields community. Our vision, since opening our doors in September 2017, has been to provide children with the very best learning experiences and opportunities to grow as confident and resilient individuals.

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