Playworker


Company:	Teaching Vacancies
Salary:	Not specified
Hours:	Part-time
Location:	Bristol, BS31 1PQ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	6 Oct 2026
Closing date:	18 Oct 2026

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Summary

What skills and experience we're looking for

We'd love to hear from someone who:

• Has excellent communication and interaction skills with children, parents and colleagues

• Has experience of working with early years and evidence of suitability to work with children and young people

• Has good level GCSE/O level in English and Maths

• Shares our belief that every child deserves the very best opportunities

What the school offers its staff

We want Futura to be a place where people feel valued, supported, and able to develop. Collaboration and shared learning are part of how we work, with opportunities to connect with colleagues across our schools, develop professionally, and contribute to the wider partnership.

Eligible colleagues can access a range of benefits designed to support health, wellbeing and development. These include a fully funded Health Cash Plan, providing up to £500 each year towards everyday health costs such as dental, optical and physiotherapy appointments, as well as confidential counselling and wellbeing support, Cycle to Work Scheme, gym membership discounts and opportunities for professional and career development.

Find out more about what it’s like to work with us at: https://www.futuralearning.co.uk/careers

Further details about the role

Chandag Primary School is seeking a caring and enthusiastic Playworker to join our team. This role offers the chance to build positive, trusting relationships with children attending our Wraparound Care provision.

You will work alongside a supportive and dedicated team, contributing to a safe, inclusive environment where children feel valued, supported and encouraged to flourish.

About Chandag Primary School

Chandag Primary School is a welcoming and friendly school in Keynsham, known for its strong sense of community and commitment to developing confident, happy learners. The school fosters a caring and respectful environment, encouraging children to be curious, resilient, and enthusiastic about learning.

Chandag Primary School is part of Futura Learning Partnership, giving colleagues the opportunity to work within their own distinctive school community while benefiting from the collaboration, shared expertise and professional connections of a wider trust.

About Futura Learning Partnership

Futura Learning Partnership is a growing, values-led multi-academy trust of 26 schools, serving more than 12,000 children and young people across five local authority areas in the South West of England. Our schools span education from nursery and primary through to secondary and post-16, supported by more than 1,700 colleagues.

Each of our schools has its own distinctive identity and deep roots in its local community, but no school works alone. Collaboration sits at the heart of Futura: schools share expertise, learn from one another and take collective responsibility for giving children and young people the best possible opportunities.

Together, we are building the brightest future for all, enabling every individual to flourish. Our commitments to inclusion, community and growth guide how we work, the decisions we make, and the experience we want to create for pupils and colleagues.

Commitment to safeguarding

Your suitability to work with children and young people will form part of the selection process. For this post, prior to appointment Futura Learning Partnership will apply for a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring check, a Children’s Barred list check, two satisfactory references, satisfactory pre-employment health screening and for Teachers, a Prohibition Check in relation to the children’s workforce. In some settings a Declaration will be required in order to meet our obligations under the ‘Disqualification under the Childcare Act 2006.

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