Job description
🌟 Join Our Team: Qualified After-School Care Assistant at St Mary’s! 🌟
Are you enthusiastic, nurturing, and looking for a rewarding role in a beautifully scenic, welcoming village school?
We are seeking a dedicated Play Assistant to join our friendly Care Club team for the new term. You will help create a safe, fun, and caring environment where our pupils can relax, play, and live out our motto to Believe and Achieve.
The Role & Hours:
After-School Club: 11.25 hours per week, 3:15 - 5.30 PM, Monday to Friday.
Term-time only.
What We’re Looking For:
Essential: A recognized childcare qualification that meets EYFS requirements (e.g., Level 2 or Level 3 in Childcare/Early Years).
A positive, "can-do" attitude and a genuine passion for engaging with children from Nursery to Year 6.
Great communication skills, reliability, and a team-player mindset.
What You’ll Do:
Supervise and lead fun, safe indoor and outdoor activities.
Help prepare and serve light afternoon snacks.
Ensure a warm, welcoming, and inclusive environment that meets EYFS standards.
Why Join Us?
Rate of Pay: £13.26 per hour.
Be part of a highly supportive, tight-knit school community and the wider TSSMAT family.
Applications are handled on Teaching Vacancies (GOV.UK).
About this school
The St. Mary's CofE Primary School
Academy converter · Primary · Ages 3–11
- Pupils
- 108
- Avg teacher salary
- £49,148
- Pupil:teacher ratio
- 20.1:1
- Academy trust
- THE STAFFORDSHIRE SCHOOLS MULTI ACADEMY TRUST
Average (mean) teacher salary · DfE School Workforce Census 2024/25
View full school profileOfsted rating key
Not rated= no current Ofsted judgement — typically a new school, a recently-converted academy not yet inspected, or a school type Ofsted doesn’t grade.
Location
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Rugeley, Staffordshire, WS15 3LN
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- Salary
- £25,583.00 - £25,583.00 Annually (FTE)
- Contract
- Permanent
- Working pattern
- Part time
- Posted
- 16 June 2026
- Closing date
- 30 July 2026
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