Playworker

Vaughan Primary School, Harrow, Middlesex, HA1 4EL

23 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  15 September 2025

• Closing date

  4 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  12 August 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: £9,223.91 Annually (Actual) London Borough of Harrow Pay Scale G2 Point 8

Playworker job summary

Grade G02 Point 8: £9,223.91 pro-rata inclusive of London weighting, based upon 0.33401 FTE)
Location: Vaughan Primary School, The Gardens, West Harrow, HA1 4EL
Work Pattern 13.45 hrs per week (3.15pm - 6.00pm, Monday to Friday), Term Time Only

Vaughan Primary School’s After School Club is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and reliable Playworker in its wrap around care provision.

As a Playworker you will be responsible for ensuring a fun, active, stimulating and safe place for children attending the Vaughan After School Club to freely play as well as leading specific activities; adapting your skills and experience to work with different age ranges throughout a session.

The Vaughan After-School Club setting provides care and play for school age children after the school day. The staff plan and supervise the activities usually from school finishing at 3.25pm until 6pm when parents and carers collect. Up to 150 children can attend the After-School Club setting in anyone one session and parents pay fees for their children to attend.

You will be required to supervise and lead engaging activities for pupils in the after school provision.

You must be professional and polite and have a good standard of literacy and communication skills. Experience of having a positive approach to children is essential.

We wish to appoint a After School Playworker who:

• Has outstanding work ethic, is proactive and forward thinking.
• Has a positive relationship with pupils parents/carers and staff.
• Is committed and enthusiastic to developing the health and wellbeing of our pupils.
• Is passionate about creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for our pupils after school
• Can ensure a safe, hygienic and purposeful environment

We are particularly looking to hear from candidates who would be happy to lead groups of children in specific sport, fitness, arts and craft and learning activities to compliment the team’s skill base.

Visits are warmly welcomed and encouraged; the School Business Leader would be delighted to show candidates around the school so please email recruitment@vaughan.harrow.sch.uk to make an appointment.

CVs will not be accepted. References will be requested prior to interview.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and staff and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be subject to an Enhanced DBS Check and a pre-employment health screening check.

Closing Date: Friday 4th September 2026 @ 9am

Shortlisting: Friday 4th September 2026 @ 9am

Interviews: to be confirmed

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

Vaughan Primary School and Harrow Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, including the barred list, as well as other pre-appointment checks outlined in Keeping Children Safe in Education (September 2022).

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 Vaughan Primary School

• Organisation type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 668 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Vaughan Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/vaughan-primary-school

Vaughan Primary School and Nursery is a very successful and popular school, having achieved an Ofsted outstanding judgement in January 2019. Everyone works hard to ensure that the children are safe, secure and part of a friendly and caring community. The personal approach we embrace is all about valuing all our children as individuals which is essential in terms of helping pupils achieve their best.

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