Job Description

Wraparound Care Assistants

Charlestown Primary School, St Austell

Contract type: Fixed term contract

Available hours: Variable hours contract

Salary: Grade C 12.56 p/hour

Start date: As soon as possible

Closing date: 19th January 2026

Interview date: 21st January 2026 How to apply: Apply online at www.kernowlearning.co.uk/vacancies

We are looking for enthusiastic and committed Assistants to join our team in our very popular morning Breakfast Club and After School Club. These are fixed term, variable hours contracts and job shares are welcomed.

The ideal candidates for this role will have good communication skills, enjoy working with children and be confident in dealing with parents and the community. You will help to provide a high quality of varied activities for pupils to enjoy in a relaxed and calm environment before and at the end of the school day.

If this sounds like the job for you, we would love to hear from you.

The following roles are available:

7:30am - 8:30am Monday to Friday

3:15pm - 5:30pm Monday to Friday

Our school is a 2-form entry primary school for up to 420 pupils aged between 4 and 11. Central to life at our school is our school vision of 'Inspire, Enrich, Enlighten'. This vision is shared by everyone at Charlestown from our youngest pupils to our most senior staff and our local governors. This vision complements our Trust Core Shared Values and our Trust Philosophy of 'work hard, be honest & help others'. Our team of staff are committed to making children's learning as exciting as possible and our trailblazing approach to using IT to support teaching and learning has led us to be a Microsoft Showcase School.

Kernow Learning is a multi-academy trust of 21 primary schools in Cornwall. We believe that our trust is at the precipice of something great; through a mix of collective synchronicity and autonomy, our schools are working together to provide strength so that they can stretch their offer beyond expectations in their drive for excellence. Our trust is not insular; we embrace collaboration, innovation, and development. Our English Hub supports schools across Cornwall to secure children's early reading, whilst our Teaching School Hub, as a partner in OneCornwall, provides services to schools across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in relation to areas such as the Early Career Framework and National Professional Qualifications.

As well as offering great schools to work in, wonderful children to work with, and fantastic colleagues to work alongside, our Trust is committed to providing colleagues with other benefits that make your employment with Kernow Learning the best it can be. We offer:

A competitive salary and membership of Local Government Pension Scheme;

A real commitment to wellbeing, including access to 24/7 wellbeing services and employee assistance programme;

Access to discounts with national and local retailers and service providers;

A range of CPD and training opportunities, both internally and externally, learning from local and national speakers and specialists to support your professional growth;

The support and skills of our networks of colleagues both within our schools and our Shared Services teams.

If you would like the opportunity to contribute to the success of our trust, then we would love to hear from you.

You can apply for this position online by visiting www.kernowlearning.co.uk/vacancies.

Kernow Learning is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and follows the Safer Recruitment process. The successful candidate will be expected to share this commitment and will be required to undertake checks including an enhanced disclosure through the DBS process, as well as prohibition, S128, and Social Media/online presence checks.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all.

Unfortunately, Kernow Learning is not a sponsoring organisation for overseas candidates. This means that the successful candidate will need to possess the right to work in the UK or be able to secure the right to work in the UK independently.

For further information, or for support with the application process, please contact our HR Team on 01637 303106 or email hr@kernowlearning.co.uk.

Apply now at www.kernowlearning.co.uk/vacancies.

Charlestown Primary School

Crinnis Road

St Austell

PL25 3PB

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: 12.56 per hour

Expected hours: 15 per week

Benefits:

Casual dress Company pension Cycle to work scheme Discounted or free food Free flu jabs Free parking Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Sick pay
Work Location: In person