Playworker

Highwood Primary School, Reading, Berkshire, RG5 3JE

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  8/6/26 or asap after

• Closing date

  15 May 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  28 April 2026

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 - £3,607.00 Annually (Actual) FTE £25,583-£25,989

Playworker job summary

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic team member for our busy breakfast club at Highwood Primary School

Grade 3 scp 5-6. Term time only.

We are seeking to appoint a Playworker for our breakfast club. If you have experience as a Playworker 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.

At Highwood we not only promote academic and sporting excellence but we also place a huge emphasis on teaching children the skills they need to become effective learners. The learning behaviours we promote are Perseverance, Teamwork, Curiosity, Creativity, Reflection and Independence. We strongly believe that if our children continually develop these skills alongside making academic progress, then we have been successful in preparing them for our ever changing world.

To find out more about our school please visit www.highwood.wokingham.sch.uk Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and encouraged.

Applications will be shortlisted on receipt, and you may be contacted for an interview. References will be applied for before interview. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview and an observed task at the school. We reserve the right to shortlist, interview and appoint prior to the application deadline.

This 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 will be sought from the successful candidate and an online check will be completed.

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
• 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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