Wrap Around Care Assistant

Harpenden Academy, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, AL5 4EL

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  5 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  22 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Casual
• Full time equivalent salary: £10.85 Hourly NMW - £10.85 under 21, £12.71 over 21

Wrap Around Care Assistant job summary

Harpenden Academy

Wrap Around Care Assistant

Term Time Only - Casual Contract

After School Club: Monday - Wednesday, 15.00 - 18:00

Hourly Rate: Under 21’s £10.85 + Holiday Pay

Over 21’s £12.71 + Holiday Pay

Start Date: ASAP

Harpenden Academy is a happy, thriving and flourishing school with the nurture of its children at its core. We live our logo of ‘Educating hearts and minds’ every day. The wrap around provision at Harpenden Academy comprehensive provides the children with a home from home experience. It is responsible for ensuring the start and end of the day is a happy secure time for all who attend, and the children who attend develop firm friendships with each other and the staff.

We have a role available for a Wrap Around Assistant who would be able to do both Breakfast Club and After School Club.

Visits to the Clubs are warmly welcomed where you will be able to see the setting in operation.

In return for your time and commitment we can offer delightful children with an enthusiasm for learning, staff who have a desire to see Harpenden Academy succeed and a parent body which is supportive and passionate!

Diversity: The Scholars’ Education Trust is fully committed to the principles of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion. We want to attract and retain the very best staff in all areas of the trust, ensuring our staff body reflects the diversity of our students and local community.

Closing date for applications: 9am 5th November 2026

Date of Interview: TBC

We reserve the right to make an appointment before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.

Declaration of criminal offences

The trust is required to give you the opportunity to voluntarily declare convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings that are not ‘protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013 and 2020). You will be provided with a criminal self-declaration form by the school if you are shortlisted for the post. All posts in schools are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. If you are appointed you will be required to have an up to date Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Certificate. The existence of a criminal background does not automatically mean that you cannot be appointed but it may do so.

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 Harpenden Academy

• Organisation type: Free School, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 216 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Harpenden Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/harpenden-academy

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