Playworker

Morley Memorial Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 7TX

71 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  asap

• Closing date

  30 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  20 March 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: £12.45 Hourly NJC Scale Point 3 (dependent upon qualifications and experience)

Playworker job summary

Playworker

Required September onwards

With afternoon vacancies, we’re looking for new members to join our team of staff to provide a play-based childcare provision for children. Spectrum is a fun and busy club, where the children feel at home to play as they choose in a welcoming and stimulating environment. Applicants should be enthusiastic, patient, conscientious, reliable and aware of their duty of care to the children in the setting. Flexibility and teamwork skills are obviously crucial, as is a sense of enthusiasm and the desire to play. Successful applicants will be expected to adhere to all policies and procedures of the setting and undertake appropriate training to compliment any existing qualifications and experience.

Our provision is open as follows:

• 7.30-8.45 (Monday - Friday term-time) “Breakfast Club”
• 3.00-6.00 (Monday - Friday term-time) “After-School Club”
• 8.00-6.00 (Monday - Friday during school holidays) “Holiday Club”

*There is scope for additional hours at breakfast club, during school lunchtimes (11.45-1.00pm) and casual hours during school holidays. Hours are open to negotiation but letters of application should indicate availability.

Shortlisting will be based upon each applicant’s capacity to demonstrate how they meet the criteria. Applications will be reviewed on receipt. Suitable candidates may be interviewed before the closing date and we reserve the right to withdraw the position if an early appointment is made.  Interviews will take place on a rolling basis at the beginning of September

Morley Memorial Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The above post is subject to the receipt of good references and enhanced DBS checks.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. In line with guidance from the Safer Recruitment Consortium an online search will be completed for shortlisted candidates.

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 Morley Memorial Primary School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 371 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Morley Memorial Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/morley-memorial-primary-school

Morley Memorial Primary School is a happy and inclusive 2 form entry school located in Cambridge. We are a successful school with values at the heart of what we do and a mission to make learning truly irresistible through our creative curriculum.

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