Playworker (Breakfast & After School Club)
Alder Grove Church of England Primary School, Shinfield, Berkshire, RG2 9RA21 days remaining to apply
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
6 June 2025 at 9am
Date listed
15 May 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
- £13.98 Hourly
Playworker (Breakfast & After School Club) job summary
Are you enthusiastic, caring, and full of energy? We’re looking for dedicated Playworkers to join our friendly primary school team, supporting our Breakfast and After School Clubs. This is a wonderful opportunity to play a key role in creating a safe, welcoming, and fun environment where our children can thrive before and after the school day. With a flexible mix of shifts available, this role is perfect for someone who loves working with children and wants to be part of a supportive school community.
Part-time, Permanent and Casual roles available, Term Time only
Hours
Breakfast Club: 7.30 – 8.45am
and / or
Afterschool Club: 15.15 – 18.00pm
Hourly rate: £13.98 (incl holiday pay)
Under 18's hourly rate: £10.26 (incl holiday pay)
Whether you are a student interested in work outside of college/university hours, you currently work in childcare but are looking for additional hours or a fresh challenge, or you are looking to launch your career in childcare, we would love to hear from you.
The role involves:
The provision of a happy and safe environment for all staff and pupils. Fully supported by our Club Supervisor and a dedicated school support team, you will assist with the day-to-day operations of the breakfast club and/or after school club, ensuring all activities are delivered to the club’s high standards at all times. You will provide a safe and secure environment for the children in your care to explore, grow and have FUN!
The successful applicant should have:
excellent communication skills with young children
the ability to work under your own initiative as well as part of an established team
the ability to organise and teach children to play games
Visits to the school are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school office to arrange this - recruitment@aldergrove.wokingham.sch.uk.
Applicants must be 17 or over.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants must be willing to undergo checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service enhanced criminal records check. No agencies please
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 are not accepted.
About Alder Grove Church of England Primary School
- School type
- Free School, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 290 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Alder Grove Church of England Primary School website
Alder Grove is a school within The Keys Academy Trust which is a primary specialist MAT committed to providing the very best educational experiences for our pupils and staff, so that our schools are recognised as centres of academic and pastoral excellence at the heart of the communities they serve. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with colleagues across our family of schools as part of the Trust’s CPD programme and networking opportunities.
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