About the role
Downfield Primary School, Cheshunt
Full-time OPAL Play Coordinator
Hours: 30 hrs pro rata
Salary Scale: H4-H5 (£25,183 - £27,771) (Actual Pay £17073 - £18787 - Term-time only)
Start Date: Tuesday 22nd April 2025 Applications close: Tuesday 11th March 2025
Date of Interview: Monday 17th March 2025
OPAL Play Coordinator
The staff and pupils at Downfield are excited to announce that we will shortly begin our journey with OPAL (Outdoor Play and Learning). We are therefore looking for a Play Coordinator to join our team at this exciting time.
This role will give someone a brilliant opportunity to become involved in the shaping of valuable, positive and enriching play experiences for all our pupils during lunchtimes.
We would like to work with someone whose primary role is to lead the day-to-day running of lunchtimes where the OPAL approach is implemented.
As our OPAL Play Coordinator, you will be responsible for:
- Managing the team of Play Leaders
- Liaising with the Curricular Lead for Play (a member of teaching staff)
- Lead on the setting up, organisation and tidying away of resources for the children to use daily
- Maintain and replenish resources
- Provide support and training for other school staff
- Lead support and supervise the promotion of positive and creative play at lunchtime in line with the opal practice and ethos
This is a full-time role (8.40am – 3.15pm) which includes a 30 minute lunch break to be taken outside of the children’s lunch period.
- Experience of, or a background in play-work would be beneficial but not essential.
- Experience of OPAL would also be beneficial but not essential.
Downfield Primary is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All shortlisted applicants will be subject to online checks and references. The successful applicant will be required to undertake a DBS (Disclosures and Barring Service Check), medical, safer recruitment checks. The school reserves the right close this advert early and appoint should the right candidate be found.
Please visit the school website to familiarise yourself with key aspects of Downfield Life.
https://www.downfield.herts.sch.uk/
Please visit the OPAL website for further information regarding the OPAL approach.
https://outdoorplayandlearning.org.uk/the-opal-primary-programme/
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