Before and After School Club Assistant NEW Heap Bridge Primary School Posted yesterday Rochdale[...]

Contract: Permanent

FTE Salary: £25,583 - £25,989 - Grade 3 (SCP 5-6)

Actual Salary: £5,861 - £5,954

Closing date for applications: 12 February 2026, 9.00am

Interview Date: 23 February 2026

Before and After School Club Assistant

Heap Bridge Village Primary School

10 hours per week

We are looking for a positive and proactive addition to our hard working and successful team to fulfil the roles and responsibilities of the above job role. The successful candidate will be someone who can demonstrate the appropriate skills and attributes set out in the attached job description and person specification and who is well aligned to our school values.

The core values and aims which underpin our vision for the school are:

• BE POSITIVE: To enable children to develop positive attitudes in life, developing independence and resilience. To respect individual differences, and to be sympathetic to the needs of others. To create a happy, safe and nurturing environment instilling the fundamental values of respect and tolerance.
• BE PROACTIVE: To ensure children develop intellectually, morally, socially, emotionally and physically into well-rounded citizens and ready for the next stage of their life. To feel empowered in taking ownership of their own continuous learning.
• BE PROUD: To ensure everyone values their own achievements and feel a sense of pride in their continuous pursuit of excellence. To work in partnership with parents and other stakeholders in celebrating the strengths of the school (and school community) providing opportunities for children to fully develop their potential.

At Heap Bridge Village Primary School, we aspire to ensure that each and every one of our pupils develops into a positive and proactive learner who is proud of their achievements and well prepared for a successful life. Delivered through an engaging curriculum, we believe that learning should be enjoyable, purposeful and challenging.

We will equip pupils with the skills and dispositions they need for lifelong learning, teach them the importance of being proactive, taking ownership of their own futures and ensuring they develop the highest expectations for themselves in their pursuit of excellence. We will do this within a safe and supportive environment of mutual understanding, positive relationships, respect and tolerance.

Regardless of any barriers to learning, we will work in partnership with school stakeholders to ensure that every child in our school can be proud of who they are and what they achieve.

To apply for this position please download the application form and supporting documentation and send completed applications to applications@heapbridge.rochdale.sch.uk by 9.00am on 12th February 2026.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring and background check.

The ability to converse at ease with customers and service users and provide advice in accurate spoken English is an essential requirement of this post.

Applicants are advised that by applying for this position they are declaring that they are not subject to any immigration controls or restrictions that prohibit them undertaking work in the UK, and that they are able to provide proof of their Right to Work in the UK if they are invited to attend an interview.

The school will carry out an online search as part of their due diligence for all shortlisted candidates in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2024.

Applicants are informed that if appointed to this post their contract of employment will be with Hollingworth Learning Trust who is the employer, and not Rochdale Council.