Playworker - Breakfast Club

Parker's Church of England Primary Academy, Thetford, Norfolk, IP25 7HP

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  28 November 2025 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  12 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £3,226 - £3,499 actual pa

Playworker - Breakfast Club job summary

Part of the Diocese of Education and Academies Trust and the Dove Federation

Tel: 01953 881601

Email: sbm@dovefederation.dneat.org

• Salary – Scale F, Points 12-17, £3,226 - £3,499 actual pa (£28,598 - £31,022 FTE)
• Fixed Term until 31 August 2026
• Part Time 
• 5 hours per week
• Term time only 
• Required ASAP

Due to the success of our Breakfast Club, we are looking for an additional Playworker to support our Breakfast Club: a safe space where children can relax, feel happy and get ready for their school day. You will need a relevant level 3 qualification, to support our young pre-schoolers. Hours of work 7.45am– 8.45am, Monday to Friday.

Awarded ‘GOOD’ in all areas by Ofsted, we have recently embarked on our most significant expansion in recent years: opening two new pre-school settings whilst investing in increased extra-curricular provision. The government, via Norfolk County Council, has launched a significant funding programme to develop Wraparound care in schools, and we are delighted to receive of this funding which extends to Summer 2026.

We would love to hear from you if…

…you’re passionate about play! Children follow directed learning during their school day, so our wraparound care needs to be a chance for them to play their way; a fluid space where they can relax, have a light breakfast and enjoy time with their friends. You’ll need confidence, good instincts, an approachable nature and the ability to multi-task! 

If this role excites you, we’d absolutely encourage you to contact us for a chat, a tour or simply to apply. We offer opportunities for training and qualifications through the Wraparound project and DNEAT.

This role could work well in alongside our other newly-established opportunities – we have MSA and EYFS TA adverts running concurrently which also require Level 3 qualification. Please let us know if you are interested in being considered for these.

How to apply

For more information about this role, including the job description and person specification, please read the attached Recruitment Pack available from ‘Attachments’.

To complete our online application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, and you will be directed to apply through our Applicant Tracking System. If you do not already have one, you will need to create a ‘Teacher Booker’ account.

References may be requested prior to interview and may be contacted on receipt of your application form. 

Within the Trust we use AI to help review applications. If we spot that AI has been used in a misleading way, such as copying unedited AI created answers, exaggerating previous job experience, or pretending to be someone else, we may choose to reject the application without feedback. 

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier if sufficient applications have been received.

Closing date:  28 November 2025, 9am

Interview date:  3 December 2025

DNEAT Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all its children and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to full safeguarding checks as well as satisfactory references.

The Trust's safeguarding policy can be found on our website.

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. 

Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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 Parker's Church of England Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 93 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Parker's Church of England Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/parker-s-church-of-england-primary-academy

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