Playworker

Highwood Primary School, Reading, Berkshire, RG5 3JE

9 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  5 December 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  25 November 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: £3,613.00 - £3,670.00 Annually (Actual) Part time - salary will be pro-rated

Playworker job summary

Join our Team in 2026! 'Leaders have been unswerving in their ambition and determination to improve the quality of education. They have done this very successfully'. Ofsted Dec2021

Breakfast Club Playworker

Hours: Monday - Friday 7.30am - 8.45am (6 hours 25minutes per week)

Actual salary Grade 3 scp 5 £3,613 to scp 6 £3,670

Term time only

We are seeking to appoint a Playworker for our breakfast club. If you have experience in an Extended School setting and would like to work as part of a team providing activities for children aged 3-11 with our delightful children from a diverse community.

To find out more about Highwood and what we have to offer as a school please visit www.highwood.wokingham.sch.uk. Applications will be considered upon receipt. If shortlisted for interview you will be expected to attend an in person interview and references will be requested in advance of the interview. We reserve the right to Shortlist, Interview and appoint prior to the closing deadline.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS and online search will be sought from the successful candidate.

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 Highwood Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: Up to 330 pupils
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Highwood Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/highwood-primary-school-rg5-3je

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