Play Worker

Thursfield Primary School, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST7 4JL

7 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 June 2026

• Closing date

  15 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  7 May 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: £26,502.48 Annually (FTE) Pro rata for the hours and working week, the actual salary would be £10318.34

Play Worker job summary

Required: Play Worker - Before and after school club

Post Status: Permanent Position

Weekly Hours: 13 hours and 20 minutes

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday 7:45am- 8:45am

Monday to Friday 3:30pm- 6:10pm

Salary: Full time equivalent (£26,502.48)

Pro rata for the hours and working week, the actual salary would be £10,318.34

Pay Weeks: Term-Time Only

Start Date: 1st June 2026 or as soon as possible

Are you looking for an exciting creative new opportunity?

The children, governors, staff and parents of Thursfield Primary School are seeking to appoint a Play Worker to join our professional and friendly team.

We are looking for someone who:

• Will provide a warm and friendly welcome to all members of our school
• Will contribute to creating a positive and creative learning environment
• Is educated to GCSE (or equivalent) in numeracy and literacy skills
• Holds a Level 3 qualification- desirable but not essential

At Thursfield we are proud of:

• Our wonderful, friendly children and their achievements
• Our positive and nurturing ethos and our clear values and vision
• Our dedicated team of staff
• Our inclusion policy for all
• Our excellent relationships with parents and the wider community
• Our very supportive governors
• Our commitment to professional development.

Potential candidates for this role are warmly invited to visit the school. To arrange a visit or to have an informal chat, please contact the school office on 01782 512301.

Thursfield Primary School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expect all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to certain vetting checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. It is an offence to apply for this role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Closing Date: Friday 15th May at 12:00pm

Interviews: 20/05/2026

To apply, please complete the application form on MyNewTerm.

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 Thursfield Primary School

• School type: Academies, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 278 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Thursfield Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/thursfield-primary-school-stoke-on-trent

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