Playworker
Albion Primary School, London, SE16 7JD17 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Summer term
Closing date
29 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
12 June 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: ● Monday to Friday (term time + 3 weeks) ● Breakfast Club: 7.45am – 8.45am ● After School Club: 3.15pm – 5.45pm
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1 Year Contract
Actual salary
- £15,445 – £16,581
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for someone who:
● Enjoys working with children and understands the value of play
● Is reliable, enthusiastic, and able to work as part of a team
● Has excellent communication and interpersonal skills
● Can create positive relationships with children, parents, and colleagues
● Is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children
● Has experience of working with primary-aged children (desirable)
What the school offers its staff
We can offer:
● A friendly and supportive school community
● Enthusiastic and well-behaved children
● Opportunities for training and professional development
● A rewarding role where no two days are the same
Further information about the job
As a Playworker, you will help create a safe, stimulating, and inclusive environment
where children can enjoy a range of engaging activities before and after the school
day. You will support children's social, emotional, and physical development through
play, encourage positive relationships, and ensure their wellbeing at all times.
Commitment to safeguarding
Albion Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and well-being of young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Albion Primary School is a Safeguarding school. The successful applicant will be subject to appropriate checks and undertake an enhanced DBS and where appropriate to the post, a requirement to complete a Childcare Disqualification declaration for Albion Primary School.
Applicants will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of sex, race, marital status or disability. Disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed.
Applying for the job
This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Albion Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 434 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Albion Primary School website
- Email address
- HR@albion.southwark.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 020 7237 3738
We are community primary school situated in the heart of Rotherhithe with excellent transport links across London including the Jubilee Line at Canada Water and the London Overground at Rotherhithe. The school serves a socially, culturally and ethnically diverse community. We have high expectations of our pupils and want to ensure that we provide the best possible education so that our children achieve both academically and have the opportunity to broaden their knowledge and experience of life.
The school is highly respected in the local community and has built strong relationships with parents, carers and the wider school community. Albion is the first choice of school for many of our families.
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