Play Coordinator

Newton Road School, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 0HH

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Depending on correct candidates notice period.

• Closing date

  29 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  16 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE)

Play Coordinator job summary

Hours: 3 hours a day

Weeks per Year: Term time

About:

The play coordinator will support and facilitate meaningful and productive child-initiated play during the school day in accordance with OPAL programme. The right candidate will take part with OPAL CPD and work with the Schools Curricular Lead for Play. The post holder will have a responsibility to promote and safeguard the safety and welfare of children in accordance with the schools’ child protection and behaviour management policy.

Key Tasks:

• Supervise and play with pupils in designated areas of the school (including playground or external spaces) during the lunchtime and to ensure their safety, welfare and general conduct through the appropriate application of the OPAL programme.
• Establish safe play by supporting pupils to learn how to risk assess play and activities, ensure appropriate intervention when required and/or referral to senior staff, as appropriate, following the school relationships policy.
• Identify and report any unauthorised visitors on school premises.
• Complete any relevant documentation required by the school in relation to incidents occurring during the lunchtime break period and to participate in review/medical meetings, as required.
• Be aware of any special medical conditions, eg hemophilia, and the relevant precautions and treatments necessary.

About You:

You will need to have:

• Prior experience of working with children in an educational or playwork setting.
• Have relevant qualifications.

Benefits:

• Access to retail discounts, and technology schemes
• Access to Cycle to Work 
• 24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance on any personal and/or work-related matter. 
• Free Mindfulness training with a qualified and experienced professional 
• An open and collaborative working environment, not just within your academy but also across the Trust where innovation is encouraged. 
• Discounted gym membership 
• Commitment to exploring ways to reduce email traffic and confine email replies to office hours - while recognising our employee’s preferences for when they work 
• Commitment to continuously review workload issues and explore options for simpler, less onerous methods and processes. 

Nene Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, students, and volunteers to share this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search as part of our due diligence process. 

Any offer of employment will be subject to DBS and Right to Work checks. 

We look forward to your response. 

The Trust will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition. 

*Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert before the closing date stated

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 Newton Road School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 221 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Newton Road School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/newton-road-school

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