Play Worker
Warboys Primary Academy, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 2RX14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
5 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
22 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £2,752 - £2,795 per annum (FTE £24,413 - £24,796)
Additional allowances
£2,752 - £2,795 per annum (FTE £24,413 - £24,796)
Play Worker job summary
Play Worker
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 5 hours, 38 weeks (term time only)
Working pattern: 1 hour per day over lunch time
Salary: Pathway 1, £2,752 - £2,795 per annum (FTE £24,413 - £24,796)
Site: Warboys Primary Academy
Closing date: 12pm on Monday 5th January
Interview date: Tuesday 13th January
Start date: ASAP
Please note the trust may decide to withdraw the advert before the closing date or interview suitable candidates prior to the advert closing.
Could you inspire children to play with confidence, creativity, and joy?
Are you ready to join a team that works together to create a safe, stimulating environment where happiness and learning thrive?
If so, Warboys Primary Academy would love to hear from you!
Your role:
As a Play Worker, you’ll be part of our dedicated play team, ensuring every child enjoys meaningful, active, and creative lunchtime play. You’ll help create a safe and stimulating outdoor environment, support positive social interactions, and make lunchtime a happy, inclusive experience. From facilitating imaginative play to assisting in the dining hall, you’ll be a key figure in promoting our school ethos and safeguarding children’s welfare.
You’ll need to be friendly, approachable, and confident working with children aged 4-11. Strong teamwork skills, reliability, and a caring attitude are essential. While previous experience in play work or first aid is desirable, what matters most is your enthusiasm, flexibility, and commitment to our values. If you can communicate clearly, solve problems calmly, and bring energy to every lunchtime, we’d love to hear from you.
About us:
At Warboys Primary Academy, you’ll be part of a supportive, aspirational team that values your ideas and invests in your growth. You’ll enjoy opportunities for professional development through our Trust network, working alongside passionate colleagues who share best practice and celebrate success. This is more than a job, it’s a chance to make a lasting impact on children’s lives while working in a positive, collaborative environment.
Why work for us?:
Join Thomas Deacon Education Trust and be part of a dedicated team committed to "working together to transform lives through education.” To learn more about the benefits we have on offer, check out our video here: Employee Benefits
At TDET, 95% of our new employees highly rate our induction programme. Benefit from the unwavering support of our dedicated staff, ensuring you feel welcomed and well-prepared from day one. According to our 2025 staff survey, 91% of staff are proud to work for TDET!
Ready to transform lives through education? Apply now and make a difference!
TDET - Working together to transform lives through education
Thomas Deacon Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The Academy will require the successful candidate to provide satisfactory references and undertake an Enhanced Check with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
At Thomas Deacon Education Trust, we are committed to equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. Join us in fostering an inclusive and supportive environment where all contributions are valued.
If you have any questions regarding this post, please contact the HR Team on e-mail at hrteam@tdet.education
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Warboys Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 5 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 318 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 5 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Warboys Primary Academy website
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