Play Team/Midday Supervisory Assistant (MSA)

Summercroft Primary School, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 5BJ

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  27 January 2026 at 11am

• Date listed

  12 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: £3,633.00 Annually (Actual) Please note the above salary is for the five day a week role. The two day a week will be pro-rata.

Play Team/Midday Supervisory Assistant (MSA) job summary

"Pupils at Summercroft Primary are curious and enthusiastic learners...[They] respond positively to staff’s high expectations of their learning and their behaviour...Pupils listen carefully to adults and to each other. There is a culture of mutual respect." - Ofsted, December 2022

Summercroft Primary School is looking to appoint new members for our OPAL Play Team. The OPAL (Outdoor Play and Learning) program focuses on transforming playtimes to boost children's physical activity, social skills, creativity, and overall well-being by providing diverse resources and encouraging imaginative play. It treats play as a vital part of the curriculum, ensuring children have amazing, engaging playtimes with access to varied items like pallets, crates, and dressing-up clothes.

The successful candidates will be reliable, enthusiastic and committed to promoting and facilitating a positive and active lunchtime for our children. They must be able to demonstrate the ability to use their own initiative, have good behaviour management skills and a flexible approach to their work.

The role will involve supervising children while they eat their lunch and providing support in various OPAL zones, using a roaming technique to ensure that all children are safe and happy during playtimes. There are two roles available: 12:00pm - 1:15pm, five days per week and 12:00pm - 1:15pm, two days a week.

We can offer you a supportive, positive and caring environment which values a good work-life balance, with friendly children who are eager to learn and have fun. Our staff are dedicated, supportive and committed to providing engaging and creative opportunities of learning for all our children. A bespoke induction package with a commitment to high quality CPD, excellent support staff and dedicated, experienced mentors are on offer to our successful candidates. We are also part of Envision, a local partnership of nineteen schools who work together to share good practice.

We hope that having read the job description you are interested in the role with all the benefits of support and training that are a part of working at Summercroft Primary School. If you would like more information or to visit the school, please contact Emily Richardson on 01279 307477 or drop an email to admin@summercroft.herts.sch.uk

This role is pro-rata, term-time only.

Summercroft is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. The post is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure.

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

Summercroft are an equal opportunities employer and an anti-racist school. We aim to recruit, retain and promote a diverse mix of colleagues who are representative of the diversity in our local community.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and staff. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to have an Enhanced Certificate of Disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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 Summercroft Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 443 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Summercroft Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/summercroft-primary-school

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