Job title and organisation: After School Club Playworker (Ferdi Friends) – Asquith Primary School
Salary: A1 SCP 2 - £12.26 per hour
Hours: 12 p/w term time only plus 3 days ( 3pm – 6pm)
Contract: Temporary until 31/08/2026 to be review in summer 2026
Location: Asquith Primary School, LS27 9QY
Closing Date and Time: Tuesday 14 October 2025
Our Ferdi Friends Breakfast & After-school Club aims to provide high-quality fun in a vibrant, child-centred and affordable out-of-school play provision. We place high importance on a home-from-home environment in our setting, where children are encouraged to flourish through an exciting array of play opportunities and
experiences.
An exciting opportunity has arisen within our school. We are seeking to appoint a hardworking and dedicated Playworker to complement our Ferdi Friends team further.
We are looking to appoint someone who:
- Can develop positive relationships with children based on trust and respect
- Supports the ethos, vision, and values of the school
- Abides by the school’s policies and procedures
- Will be a positive role model with high expectations of children in their care
- Is a good communicator and able to work well in a team
- Will be a supportive and welcoming presence
- Is patient, able to stay calm, listen, and value children’s views
If you would like to apply for this post then please complete a school application form – please note, we cannot accept CVs or applications from supply agencies.
For safer-recruitment purposes, your application form must provide full details of your employment since leaving secondary education, starting with your current or most recent employment first and then by working backwards, including reasons for leaving.
Please also include any periods of voluntary work and/or training, providing reasons for any periods not in employment, education or training.
Please send completed application forms by email to recruitment@asquithprimary.org Applications are available on our school website.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Asquith Primary is committed to safeguarding and promoting the well-being of all children. We expect our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our safer recruitment processes mean that the safety and welfare of the child is paramount at every stage of the process. Therefore, we adopt rigorous scrutiny in our preemployment checks.
Applicants must be willing to undergo relevant suitability checks in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education Statutory Guidance, including Identity, Right to Work, Qualifications, & Prohibition checks, alongside an online search, two References (which will be taken up prior to interview) and for the successful candidate, an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
As part of your application, you will need to provide full details of your employment since leaving secondary education, starting with your current or most recent employment first and then by working backwards, including reasons for leaving. Please also include any periods of voluntary work and/or training, providing reasons for any periods not in employment, education or training.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children’s barred list will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy.
We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.
This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.
If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Please ensure you are eligible before applying.
The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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