Play Leader

Potters Green Primary School, Coventry, West Midlands, CV2 2GF

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  2 October 2025

• Closing date

  15 October 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  2 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 4 Point 6 - £13,065 - £14,850 actual

Play Leader job summary

Potters Green School

Play Leader

Grade 4 Point 6 - £25,989 - £29,540 FTE (£13,065 - £14,850) pro rata to 22 hours and 38 weeks worked

Term Time only

Permanent

This role is based on 5 days per week, working 22 hours on a split shift basis.

Working pattern: Monday to Friday, 7.25am – 8.45am, 

Monday and Tuesday 2.40pm to 5.50pm and Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 2.50pm to 5.50pm

Required to start: negotiable.

We are looking to appoint a Play Lead to run our Before and After school club known as Potters Club. This role would be suitable for someone who enjoys working with different groups of children who range from ages 4-11. We are looking for a motivated leader who can plan, and deliver a creative learning and caring environment.

Within this role you will be responsible for the Play Assistant who will support you in the running of the club. Within the role you will also be responsible for the administration and finance aspects of the role under the direction of the School Business Manager.

As a successful primary school working as part of a multi-academy trust, we can offer:

• High quality, ongoing professional development as part of the Castle Phoenix Multi-Academy Trust

• A supportive, friendly and hardworking staff team.

• A range of benefits which includes cycle to work, free parking, the local government pension scheme and an employee discount scheme, generous holiday entitlement and a commitment to staff wellbeing and recognition initiatives through our wellbeing committee and people strategy.

Visits and applications: The Headteacher, Gillian Deery, would be delighted to meet you and talk about the opportunity. To arrange a visit, please email: Karen Capell.

Closing date: 8.00am Wednesday 15 October 2025

Interviews: 17 October 2025

If you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date for applications, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response.

Please note, an online search may form part of this recruitment process following recommendations from Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE) 2023.

This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Trust is committed to safeguarding, promoting the welfare of children and young people and creating a culture of vigilance and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and vigilance.

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

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 Potters Green Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: Up to 420 pupils
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Potters Green Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/potters-green-primary-school-coventry

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