Playworker
Polehampton Church of England Junior School, Reading, Berkshire, RG10 9AX44 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
31 December 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
14 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
- £24,413.00 - £24,413.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary - £2206.84, term time only
Playworker job summary
Our Polecats OSC is looking for a replacement for a Playworker to assist our current team in delivering the highest levels of after school club care to the children of our schools.
Duties will include the following:
Supervision of children between both sites on a day to day basis.
A Active support and play with all children aged between 4-11.
A Provide assistance as required to the Polecats leadership team in various day to day tasks.
Supervision of children undertaking various activities.
Days of work: Wednesday and Thursday
Hours of work - 15.15 to 17.15, both days.
To be considered for this position, you will need to:
Be adaptable to aspects of the role
Be efficient in completing tasks over short, medium and long term
Be fully committed to being part of a hard-working team
Undertake training to ensure you are compliant with legal expectations.
It would be an advantage if you:
Have had experience in the same or similar role
As a member of The Keys Academy Trust, the successful applicants will have access to high quality professional development and career progression within The Trust.
To apply…
More information: Please visit our website for more information and an application form: www.polehampton.org.uk
Closing Date and Interviews: Applications considered upon receipt.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Polehampton Church of England Junior School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 234 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Polehampton Church of England Junior School website
We are dynamic, inspirational and over-subscribed Infant and Junior schools, ensuring the best possible learning experiences and outcomes for all our children.
Our core Christian values are at the heart of all we do and our Christian culture of compassion and consideration for each other touches every area of school life. The school community enjoys strong links with our local Church in a mutually supportive and beneficial partnership. We contribute to and are enriched through our involvement with the Church and the local community.
Our two schools work very closely together as the Polehampton Schools; two schools, one journey with a shared senior leadership team. This ensures a smooth transition and strong progress from the Foundation Stage through to the end of Year Six. Our children are well-equipped for secondary school and prepared to be compassionate, reflective and successful life-long learners in an ever-changing world.
Everyone is committed to excellence, improvement and the pursuit of high standards academically, physically, artistically, as well as spiritually, morally, socially and culturally. Our united, respectful and respected team of adults consistently applies best practice, modelling the school’s deeply embedded drivers of community, curiosity and cultural diversity.
Our amazingly supportive parental community help to enable the school to flourish and grow. We have a highly committed and proactive Governing body who work with the school team, appropriately supporting and challenging so that high standards are sustained in an encouraging and warm environment that values everyone.
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