Breakfast Club Assistant at Ad Astra Infant School

Dorset Council; Poole; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Term-time pay across 12 months

Pension contributions

Job summary

TEACH Poole – MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST is recruiting a Breakfast Club Assistant based at Ad Astra Infant School. The role runs 6.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 7:20am to 8:35am, during term time only, permanent and ASAP as vacancy.

You will help provide a safe, welcoming breakfast setting, assist with menus and purchases, and lead activities while supporting pupils’ safety and development.

Qualifications

• Experience with 4–11 year olds and their families.
• Suitable childcare qualification.
• Cheerful, flexible and approachable.
• Energy and enthusiasm with initiative.
• Team player with strong communication and admin skills.
• Willingness to go above and beyond.
• Resilience and stamina.

Responsibilities

• Support breakfast club by providing a safe, hygienic and educational environment.
• Assist with planning menus and purchasing food for breakfast.
• Organise activities with children and support learning.
• Ensure children’s safety and development at all times.
• Collaborate with school staff across the primary age range.

Skills

Experience with children

Communication skills

Administration skills

Teamwork

Can-do attitude

Education

Childcare qualification

Job description

About the role

TEACH POOLE – MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST

• Ad Astra Infant School
• Haymoor Junior School
• Canford Heath Infant School
• Canford Heath Junior School

Breakfast Club Assistant

6.25 hours per week, Monday to Friday

7:20am - 8:35am

(Grade C, Point 3 - 4) £24,027 - £24,404 per annum pro-rata

Actual Salary - £3,370.32 - £3,423.20 per annum

Term time only

Permanent

Required ASAP

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, organised and hardworking Breakfast Club Assistant to join our friendly Breakfast Club team, with the skills to work across the whole primary school age range. The successful candidate will be employed by the Trust as a whole, but the current vacancy is based at Ad Astra Infant School

The successful candidate will support the school’s breakfast club in providing pupils with a safe, hygienic and educational environment in which to have breakfast and prepare for the school day. You will assist with the planning of menus and the purchasing of food and organising activities with children, ensuring their safety and physical, emotional and educational development at all times

If you:

• Have experience of working with 4 – 11 year olds and their families and a suitable childcare qualification
• Have understanding and commitment to good quality childcare
• Are cheerful, flexible and approachable
• Have energy and enthusiasm and use your own initiative
• Work well in a team
• Have excellent communication and administration skills
• A can-do attitude to overcoming obstacles
• A preparedness to go above and beyond
• Resilience and stamina

We can offer you:

• Fun, friendly and supportive staff who get on well together
• Rights’ Respecting pupils with excellent attitudes to learning and outstanding behaviour
• Superb opportunities and specialist training for career professional development within our Trust
• A fantastic induction programme
• Enviable support at all levels, and a proactive approach to staff well-being, work-life balance and care for each person as an individual, including the ability to take time off during term time
• Term time with salary shared across 12 months for ease of budgeting
• Highly competitive rates of pay and excellent pension contributions by the Trust
• Employee Assistance Programme through Health Assured
• Long service awards
• Beautiful school grounds and welcoming learning environments

We do not accept CV applications.

Please contact our HR Department on 01202 380015 for more information.

Closing date: 14 October 2026

Interview date: 23 October 2026

Join our team and help us make a real difference in the lives of our children!

Personal information provided by candidates will be securely filed electronically and password protected, with paper copies locked in filing cabinets in a locked office. They will not be released to third parties outside the school without the consent of the person concerned, except where there is a legal requirement to do so. If the application does not proceed, the data will be securely disposed of after 6 months. Any concerns regarding data gathered in the recruitment process should be directed to the Data Manager – Hayley Hemmings at [e-mail] These schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Rigorous checks will be undertaken of the successful applicant’s background credentials including an enhanced DBS check. Online searches will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates. Suitability to work with children will be explored at interview.

TEACH Poole is committed to Equal Opportunities.