Lunchtime Play Leader
| Posting date: | 11 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 26 September 2025 |
| Location: | Chatham, Kent, ME4 6RH |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 2e72a988-04eb-408d-8f6d-f7864954bcb1 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Lunchtime Play Leader Salary – Grade E2 per annum pro rata
Hours – 5 hours 50 mins a week, term time only, 11:55am – 1:05pm
We are looking to appoint a compassionate, patient and approachable candidate who is willing to be creative and proactive in providing high-quality lunchtime experiences for our children. The successful candidate will be a reliable individual, committed to enhancing the health and safety of our students during their lunch break. If you have a passion for supporting children's wellbeing and facilitating their social interactions, we would love to hear from you!
What the school offers its staff
Your key responsibilities will include:
• Supporting the children to play games and have fun at lunchtime.
• Supervising children in the dining hall to ensure a positive dining experience.
• Undertaking basic first aid as required, ensuring children’s safety at all times.
• Encourage positive behaviour and when necessary, use the school’s behaviour strategies consistently
• Promote our school values
• Ensuring children return safely to their classrooms at the end of lunchtime.
This position requires you to work 5 days a week between 11:55am and 1:05pm, term time only.
In return the school can offer you:
• A warm and friendly working atmosphere within a committed team.
• Ongoing professional development opportunities to enhance your skills. • A school culture centred on mutual respect, well-being, and collaboration.
• The opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of our students, many of whom come from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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.
Lunchtime Play Leader Salary – Grade E2 per annum pro rata
Hours – 5 hours 50 mins a week, term time only, 11:55am – 1:05pm
We are looking to appoint a compassionate, patient and approachable candidate who is willing to be creative and proactive in providing high-quality lunchtime experiences for our children. The successful candidate will be a reliable individual, committed to enhancing the health and safety of our students during their lunch break. If you have a passion for supporting children's wellbeing and facilitating their social interactions, we would love to hear from you!
What the school offers its staff
Your key responsibilities will include:
• Supporting the children to play games and have fun at lunchtime.
• Supervising children in the dining hall to ensure a positive dining experience.
• Undertaking basic first aid as required, ensuring children’s safety at all times.
• Encourage positive behaviour and when necessary, use the school’s behaviour strategies consistently
• Promote our school values
• Ensuring children return safely to their classrooms at the end of lunchtime.
This position requires you to work 5 days a week between 11:55am and 1:05pm, term time only.
In return the school can offer you:
• A warm and friendly working atmosphere within a committed team.
• Ongoing professional development opportunities to enhance your skills. • A school culture centred on mutual respect, well-being, and collaboration.
• The opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of our students, many of whom come from disadvantaged backgrounds.
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.