Playleader
Begbrook Primary Academy, Bristol, BS16 1HG13 days remaining to apply
Job start date
24 September 2025
Closing date
7 October 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time, full time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £2,931 - £3,195
Playleader job summary
Job Title: Playleader (After School Club)
Actual Annual Salary: £2,931 - £3,195 Based on hours and works worked
Full Time Equivalent Salary: £25,941 - £28,275 (CLF Grade B) Based on 37 hours per week, all year round.
Contract Type: Fixed term contract.
Contract Length: Fixed term contract until the 31 August 2026.
Hours: Part Time, 5 hours per week, Thursday and Friday afternoon, Term Time Only
Provisional Start Date: As soon as possible.
Are you available two days per week and would like to support young students with after school care:
We are looking for a passionate Play Leader to join our supportive and talented team Begbrook Primary Academy on a fixed term basis working 2.5 hours within the afternoon.
As the Playleader the opportunity will involve supervising a team to deliver a successful play provision for children. The role requires someone who can work collaboratively with relevant colleagues to fulfil the requirements of the role and contribute positively to a quality play care service responsive to the needs of children and their parents.
About you:
You will have:
- Experience working with young people, ideally in a play-based, youth work, or educational setting.
- The ability to lead and motivate a small team, ensuring smooth and safe daily operations.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a calm and empathetic approach.
- A good understanding of safeguarding, health and safety, and behaviour management practices.
- Basic food hygiene knowledge and a willingness to undertake relevant training (e.g., first aid, medication administration).
- A commitment to inclusion, equity, and promoting the wellbeing of all students.
- Applicants are advised to refer to the full requirements of the role in the attached job description and person specification, prior to submitting an application.
About Begbrook Primary Academy:
Begbrook Academy is a three-form entry primary school with a pre-school, situated in Stapleton, on the outskirts of Bristol. Our school population is culturally, socially and economically diverse. We are an inclusive school, and we recognise the many different barriers to learning that can exist. We pride ourselves on our school values of being kind, safe, respectful and ambitious.
We are situated on the edge of Snuff Mills, a beautiful and historic section of the Frome Valley walkway that is rich in nature. Our school is set within extensive grounds, comprising of a large school field, conservation area, meadow, orchard, four playground spaces including trim trails and a multi-use games area.
Why work at CLF?
We are an equal opportunity employer and proud to serve a diverse student population and our communities. We strongly believe that representation matters and so encourage applications from underrepresented and global majority groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
We aim to remove any barriers to employment, ensuring everyone can compete on equal terms. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
What we can offer you:
- Access to a generous pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Generous annual leave.
- A comprehensive induction and ongoing commitment to wellbeing and career progression, through a range of training, apprenticeships and in-role/wider-trust development opportunities.
- Well-being support through an Employee Assistance Programme.
- Health benefits, including wellness sessions, gym discounts, and flu jabs.
- A range of generous family leave options, including above industry average occupational maternity pay.
- Additional benefits like cycle to work scheme, on-site parking plus many more!
Recruitment timeline:
Closing Date: 7 October 2025 @11.59pm
Short-listing Date: 8 October 2025
Interview Date: 16 October 2025
We welcome visits from potential candidates. If you would like to arrange a school visit prior to the closing date, please contact the academy/site directly to arrange a suitable appointment.
As part of our commitment to Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we do not accept CVs – a full education and employment history must be provided through our application form.
Skilled Worker visas cannot be sponsored through this role.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early, should we receive a high level of interest in the role. Therefore, candidates are advised to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid missing out.
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 Begbrook Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 506 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Begbrook Primary Academy website
We are very proud of our knowledge rich curriculum. We enact the curriculum through the use of States of Being. This allows children to become deeply immersed in individual subject areas whilst they are Being Historians, Being Scientists, Being Artists etc. We have a bold approach to the teaching of English as it is woven throughout the States of Being units rather than being taught as a stand-alone area. We have well established oracy expectations that support the delivery of our curriculum, which in turn further supports our oracy – we learn to talk and we talk to learn. An overarching aim of our curriculum is that children experience joy-filled learning. Children in our school are buzzing with excitement to share about the things they have learnt!
Outcomes at Begbrook are broadly in line with National Averages at all Key Stages, despite the fact that our children have lower than average starting points. We are not complacent. We have a collective belief that all children can succeed so we use a ‘find the gap, plug the gap’ approach to ensure that all children achieve to their potential.
Begbrook Primary Academy is situated in Stapleton, on the outskirts of Bristol. Our school population is culturally, socially and economically diverse. We are all different and at Begbrook, our phrase is ‘Everyone is welcome’. We are a highly inclusive school and we recognise the many different barriers to learning that exist. We believe in equity over equality; unashamedly giving individual children what they need rather than all receiving the same.
Despite being a city school, we are incredibly lucky to be situated on the edge of Snuff Mills, a beautiful and historic section of the Frome Valley walkway that is rich in nature. Our school is set within extensive grounds, comprising of a large school field, conservation area, meadow, orchard, four playground spaces including trim trails and a multi-use games area. We make use of our amazing outside space as much as possible.
Our website aims to give you a taster of our Academy as well as provide regular, updated information. We hope you enjoy your visit to the website and that you find what you are looking for. If we can help you in any other way, please contact the Academy. We will be pleased to welcome you.
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