Applegarth Primary School is looking to appoint Breakfast Club and Afterschool Assistants who can provide high quality cover and support for our pre-school and afterschool club provision, ensuring a high level of hygiene and safety is maintained at all times.  The post will be on an Established Contract.

The successful candidate will:

• Have excellent organisational skills and be punctual
• Communicate well
• Have good teamwork skills
• Respect confidentiality and the potential sensitivities of working in a school, e.g. safeguarding laws
• Have experience working in a school
• Be able to demonstrate in their application that they can fulfil the main duties of the job description and person specification as a minimum•

Complete necessary training that is required

Requirements

Experience working in a school with the responsibility for supervising pupils, leading play/activities and maintaining hygienic environments. The successful candidate will also be subject to enhanced DBS checks by the school and have the Right to Work in the UK.

Safer Recruitment and Disclosures

When completing your application, you are required to provide two employment references. Applegarth Primary School is committed to safeguarding children and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and will ensure that all recruitment and selection practices and procedures reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to checks by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) along with other relevant pre-employment checks.

Equality and Diversity

Applegarth Primary School is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, pregnancy, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, disability, medical history, skin colour, marital status, genetic information or parental status.

How to Apply

Please download the application pack directly from the advert or from our school website – https://www.applegarth.n-yorks.sch.uk/job-vacancies/

Please send a completed application form electronically to Mrs Maxwell, Headteacher – recruitment@applegarth.n-yorks.sch.uk by the deadline of Monday 31st August 2026.

Key Dates:

Closing date: Monday 31 August 2026

Key Documents:

Job Description and Person Specification.pdf

Application Form.docx

Club Assistants Vacancies Advert.pdf

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