Play Leader
Starbeck Primary Academy, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2 7LL379 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2026
Closing date
11 December 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
27 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 6 hours per week, Monday to Friday 7.30am until 8.40am.
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,989 - £27,254
Actual salary
- £3,524 - £3,695
Pay scale
- NJC Grade E SCP 6-9
What skills and experience we're looking for
About us
At Starbeck Primary Academy, all our children are able to enjoy their learning and flourish in a safe and happy environment. Everyone who plays a part of Starbeck School, are very proud of the school and strive to maintain a fantastic place to learn and continue to be a key part of the community. We are proud to be part of Northern Star Academies Trust and make the most of the links we have with our brilliant partner schools. There is a strong family and inclusive ethos, where teamwork is highly valued.
Job Description
We would like to appoint a confident, effective and highly motivated person who will make a positive contribution to the team and our children. This is a part-time, term-time role working 6 hours per week, Monday to Friday 7.30am until 8.40am.
The core focus of this job is to ensure the provision of high quality out of hours school provision for children, within a positive, safe & happy environment. The post holder will do this by organising and providing an appropriate range of activities and food. Take a lead role in running the club.
The successful candidate will be kind, caring and flexible in approach, with a professional manner and intuitive of the needs of the children.
Applications must include a completed application form for safeguarding purposes. A CV alone is not sufficient.
Further Information
For further information please download the job pack attached to this advert.
If you would like to have an informal chat about the role, please telephone the school on 01423 884780.
Please refer to our child protection and safeguarding policy and our policy on the employment of ex-offenders (included in the Safer Recruitment Policy)
https://www.nsat.org.uk/information-policies/item/5/policies
Northern Star Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post requires an enhanced DBS Criminal check. Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
What the school offers its staff
Why work for Northern Star Academies Trust?
We are a mission-driven Multi-Academy Trust, with an unwavering commitment to nurture learning in a sustainable environment so that our whole community can thrive, aspire and succeed. We offer access to a professional and supportive community of academies, fellow senior leaders, and mentors to help develop and progress your career. Each school in our Trust is unique and all our primary and secondary academies are rated ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted.
Benefits
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Excellent CPD opportunities
- Maternity, Shared Parental, Paternity, and Adoption pay.
- A huge range of discounts to help you save money across hundreds of the UK’s favourite high-street and online retailers through our lifestyle benefits provider Vivup.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Northern Star Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post requires an enhanced DBS Criminal check. Please note that in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2022, an online search will be carried out as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Starbeck Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 239 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Starbeck Primary Academy website
- Email address
- recruitment@nsat.org.uk
Founded in the late 1800s the school is steeped in community history and continues to be at the heart of the Starbeck Community. With two attractive Victorian buildings and extensive green outdoor areas, we are blessed with wonderful learning environments for our children to begin their education and school-life. We are a good school with core strengths in personal development & well-being, music, sport and SEND. Outcomes for children during the last formal round of assessments were excellent, in the top 20% of schools nationally and with the equal highest percentage of children across all Harrogate schools achieving the expected standard.
As part of Northern Star Academies Trust, a high-performing multi-academy trust with schools in Harrogate, Skipton and Keighley, we have access to a range of expertise and educational support, including a Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) Centre, Maths and English Hubs and school to school support functions.
School location
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