Playworker

Holy Trinity CofE Primary School, Woking, Surrey, GU24 9JQ

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  3 October 2025

• Closing date

  17 October 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  3 October 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: Surrey S3 (£24,330 FTE)

Playworker job summary

PLAYWORKER REQUIRED OCTOBER 2025

A wonderful opportunity to join Holy Trinity’s friendly and supportive staff team, in a popular, thriving village school.

Our school vision:

At Holy Trinity we have high expectations and aim to ensure that everyone is nurtured, inspired and empowered within a caring and inclusive Christian community. We teach our children Christian values and promote positive attitudes to leaning to ensure that they have all they need to become lifelong learners who reach their full potential and become good global citizens.

Do you believe passionately in the same things our school vision outlines?

What are we looking for?

•  A kind, calm and caring manner. 
•  Patient and sensitive to the needs of others.
•  Proactivity, adaptability and flexibility. 
•  Good oral communication skills. 
•  Experience of working with children.
•  A team player.
•  Ability to remain calm in challenging or unpredictable situations. 
•  Enthusiasm and a positive, ‘can do’ attitude. 

What can we offer you?

•  A supportive and forward-thinking environment, complete with 2 school therapy dogs!
•  A welcoming and committed team of colleagues. 
•  Polite and enthusiastic pupils.
•  Supportive SLT (senior leadership team) committed to staff well-being. 
•  Fantastic grounds. 

What our staff say about us, “You’re well supported. You’re never on your own. Friendly, supportive team. Training is provided. The hours mean you can work around family life.”

Hours: After school care Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, 3pm-5:30pm (9 hours per week). 37.4 weeks of the year

Salary: S3 grade £24,330 FTE (Pro-rata pay dependent on experience £5,000 - £5,100)

Holy Trinity CofE Primary School has a popular wraparound school provision which serves and meet the needs of our school community. The successful applicant will be able to support our high quality before and after school care, working alongside our dedicated school staff.

This role is the chance to be part of our friendly team, working with delightful children in our school community. Your role would be to support children to access quality wraparound care provision. You would be confident in working with children, planning and leading activities and enjoy working in a team. You would be someone who is flexible and creative to adapt to children’s interests, able to follow policy and ensure children are safe at all times. We can offer you a friendly working environment, training and development, a chance to shape provision and children who are rewarding to work with.

This role would suit an experienced and qualified person, either in child care supervision or teaching however we are able to train up the right person. Please also read the job description.

We would be happy to offer school visits to prospective candidates – please get in touch to arrange a short tour. We advise you also look at our website to find out more information about our school and ethos, and to see our recent Ofsted report.

Closing date for applications is noon on Friday 17th October 2025. Interviews for successful candidates will take place week commencing Monday 20th October. Applicants who are not notified by end of day on Friday 17th October should assume that they have not been short-listed.

For further details please contact the school office team, application can be made via Eteach or via an application form obtained from the school office.

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 Holy Trinity CofE Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 421 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/holy-trinity-cofe-primary-school-gu24-9jq

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