Wrap around and Holiday Club Playworker

Ulverley School, Solihull, West Midlands, B92 8RZ

19 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  11 April 2026 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  13 March 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: £24,413.00 - £24,796.00 Annually (FTE)

Wrap around and Holiday Club Playworker job summary

Ulverley School is a place where Inspiration, Achievement and Community are more than just words. Our families tell us that it is a safe, exciting and supportive place to learn and to grow.

Why not come and be a part of our diverse community as we strive to be the best that we can be, learning from each other and providing exciting opportunities for all?

If you have a kind and caring disposition, the ability to motivate and inspire children, engaging them in exciting activities and are able to effectively contribute to our community, then please read on.

We are looking for a part time playworker for our wraparound club. We offer a breakfast club, afterschool club and holiday club to our children. Hours are negotiable.

We would like someone with excellent inter-personal skills who can support our wraparound care team in providing and promoting a safe and stimulating environment suitable for the wellbeing and development of children.

The successful candidate will have the ability to work in a busy and varied environment whilst remaining calm, friendly, and respectful towards pupils, staff, parents/carers, and visitors. The post holder will be efficient, reliable and have the ability to work on their own initiative. Prior experience of working in this environment would be preferred but not essential.

All queries about the post should be directed to our URS manager, Cheryl Bradley, cbradley@ulverleyschool.co.uk

Robin Hood MAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff, including those within our Central Team, to share this commitment and to maintain a vigilant and safe environment across all our academies.

This post is considered "regulated activity" (or involves regular access to our school sites) and is therefore subject to an Enhanced DBS check with a check of the Children’s Barred List. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity.

All shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children.

In line with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we will conduct an online search on all shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence process. We will discuss any information flagged during this process with the candidate during the interview stage before making a final recruitment decision.

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

The MAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.
An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

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 Ulverley School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 472 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ulverley School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ulverley-school-solihull

Ulverley is a diverse school with a range of families representing a variety of different backgrounds. These families come together with their similarities and differences as one community.

Our community is built upon respect and kindness, where everyone is supported and appreciated. We believe in ourselves and others, being positive and resilient in order to move forwards, compromising wherever we can. We do our best to show excellent behaviours, being good role models and doing only that which is beneficial.

We are purposeful in our actions, being in the right place at the right time, with the right kit and in the right frame of mind. As such, we believe that it is important to tell everyone what they need to know, when they need to know it.

We strive to improve, learning collaboratively with and from others, providing opportunities for all.
Ulverley School is proud to be a part of Robin Hood Multi-Academy Trust and this has allowed the school to further develop it’s exciting and innovative curriculum and offer outstanding professional development opportunities across the schools.

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