Wrap Around Care Assistant

Hopton Church of England Primary Academy, Diss, Suffolk, IP22 2QY

39 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  8 May 2026 at 1am

• Date listed

  30 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £12.85 per hour

Wrap Around Care Assistant job summary

Part of Elveden Schools Trust

Tel: 01953 681449

Email: office@hoptonacademy.co.uk

Website: www.hopton.suffolk.sch.uk

• Salary – Grade 2, Point 3, £12.85 per hour (£24,796 FTE)
• Fixed Term until 31 August 2027 initially
• Part Time
• 12.5 hours per week (potential for more hours)
• Term time only
• Required for 1 September 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for a Wrap Around Care Assistant to join our team. Your role is to assist in the provision of a calm and welcoming experience for the children of Hopton C of E Primary Academy during breakfast club and after school club.

The role will include making breakfast or afternoon snack for children, providing activities and supporting with any home learning. The successful candidate would benefit from experience of working with primary aged children, ideally in wrap around care, but this is not essential.

Hours of work:-

• Monday - 3pm - 5pm
• Tuesday - 3pm - 5pm
• Wednesday- 7.30am – 8.45am and 3pm – 5.30pm
• Thursday – 7.30am – 8.45am and 3pm - 5pm
• Friday – 7.30am – 8.45am.

In return, Hopton C of E Primary Academy will offer full support and training will be provided in setting up this provision.

For full details of the role, please see the attached job description and person specification. 

Please contact Head of School: Mrs Whiting at - office@hoptonacademy.co.uk for an informal chat. Visits to the school are warmly welcomed.

We reserve the right to appoint prior to this date for the right candidate, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

How to apply

A job description/person specification is available from ‘Attachments’.

To download a copy of our application form, click the ‘Apply for Job’ button.

Completed forms should be returned to - office@hoptonacademy.co.uk

Closing date:  8 May 2026, 9am

Interview date:   TBC

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. It is also subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and children’s barred list check.

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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 Hopton Church of England Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: Up to 105 pupils
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hopton Church of England Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hopton-church-of-england-primary-academy-diss

Hopton C of E Primary Academy is part of Elveden Schools Trust and is an inclusive, rural school in Hopton village between Thetford and the market town of Diss.

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