Job title and organisation: Play Team Member - Calverley CE Primary School
Salary: A1 pt 2 £24,413 FTE / £6,185.71 Actual Salary
Hours: 10 per week (Term Time Only)
Contract: Permanent
Location: Calverley CE Primary School, Town Gate, Calverley, Leeds LS28 5NF
Closing Date: Monday 30 March 2026 at 12pm
Working Pattern: 11:30am - 1:30pm
Managed by: Play Coordinator
Calverley CE is a friendly, caring and popular school filled with happy, enthusiastic and talented learners, and equally happy, enthusiastic, talented and committed staff team!
We are transforming lunchtimes and are looking for an enthusiastic person to join our lunchtime play team from 19th April 2026. We are working with Outdoor Play and Learning (OPAL) to develop our use of our amazing outdoor space to ensure rich, inclusive and exciting lunchtime play for all our children. Our successful Play Team Member will have the following skills and attributes:
- Values outdoor play.
- Good at listening to and socialising with children.
- Understands the play needs of children and young people.
- Motivated to provide a stimulating but safe environment.
- Be patient and tolerant.
- Aware of health and safety issues.
- Able to work well as a member of a team
- Good communication skills.
- Flexible and adaptable.
- Have a sense of fun.
- Have a reasonable level of physical fitness.
- Knowledge and understanding of the values of play
- Be creative, intuitive and think outside the box.
- Awareness of safeguarding responsibilities and processes.
- Administering of First aid (experience/a first aid qualification would be desirable but not essential).
- Able to build good relationships with children and their parents and carers.
We can offer you:
- A welcoming, friendly school with happy, articulate children who enjoy learning, achieving well and taking on responsibility
- A dedicated team of talented and caring staff
- A fully supportive Leadership Team and active Governing Body with a commitment to your continuing professional development.
- Full training in the OPAL approach to playtimes.
(see the OPAL website for further details)
- Please find details of the job vacancy, application form and other documentation on the school website
Please return all completed applications via email to SBM@calverleyce.co.uk.
- Applications close – 30th March 2026 at 12pm
- Shortlisting – 30th March 2026
- Interviews – 1st April 2026
Safeguarding Statement
Our School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointments made are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history and an on-line search will be conducted. This includes only information publicly available on-line.
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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