Playworker

Colmore Junior School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B14 6AJ

28 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  4th January 2026

• Closing date

  2 December 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £25,614.00 Annually (FTE) £25,614 pro rata

Playworker job summary

• Wrap around care Play Worker
• Monday to Friday 7:50am to 8.50am
• Monday to Friday 3.00pm to 6.00pm

Band A scale point 3-4

Salary £24,796.00.00per annum pro rota

Starting 4th January 2026

Term Time Only plus one-week Teacher Training Days

About this Role

Colmore Junior School is a large 4-form entry school in Kings Heath, Birmingham and our ethos centres on Unlocking Potential, Developing Character. We provide a safe, warm, and stimulating environment where pupils are supported by a strong partnership between staff, parents, and wider community stakeholders.

About the Role

Working hours 4 hours per day (term time) The hours required for the post are Monday to Friday 7:50am to 8.50am and 3.00pm to 6.00pm.

We are seeking to appoint a reliable, enthusiastic and hardworking 'Team Player' with a flexible approach to join our wraparound Staff Team, working under the line management of the Senior Office Manager. You will need to be professional and polite and a good role model for our children. You are expected to be able to communicate effectively with children and staff with a good standard of spoken and written English.

Closing Date: 2nd December 2026

Interviews: Week communcing 7th December 2026

Colmore Junior School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an online search, an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. ** All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references. **. Online searches will be carried out on successful shortlisted candidates prior to interview.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Please note that we will not read accompanying Curriculum Vitae (CV) or accept them instead of an application form.

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 Colmore Junior School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 475 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Colmore Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/colmore-junior-school

Colmore Junior School is a vibrant and forward thinking school, which thrives because of the strong community that supports it. A four-form entry school in the heart of Kings Heath, Colmore offers an exciting, broad and balanced curriculum, which seeks to develop the character of our pupils. Colmore children are sought after by local secondary schools and the ‘7 Key Principles’ that underpin our curriculum reflect why this is the case. Our teachers, alongside our children, are our biggest asset and we are looking to recruit the right candidate to join this dynamic, caring and outstanding team. Could this be you?

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