Lunch Time Supervisor
East Whitby Primary Academy, Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO22 4HU12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st October or earlier if agreed
Closing date
22 September 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
10 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 6.25 hrs per week – term time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Hourly rate
- £12.65 per hour
What skills and experience we're looking for
Looking to work in a school that celebrates uniqueness, self-expression, acceptance, inclusion, and a love for learning? This part time role is ideal for aspiring Teaching Assistants to develop school-based experience whilst having mornings and afternoons free for any training coursework.
Our Opportunity
East Whitby Primary Academy is seeking to appoint a Lunchtime Supervisor, your role will be to ensure our pupils safely enjoy their lunchtime break.
Key Duties:
- Supervise the dining room, playground area, playing fields, cloakrooms and classrooms etc during the lunchtime break
- Assist with the removal of food and equipment once pupils have eaten their lunch
- Deal with minor first aid incidents; follow appropriate procedures for recording and reporting
- Observe a child or young person’s behaviour and report any inappropriate behaviour to the correct member of staff
- Assist in the supervision of other activities during the lunch time break, including setting out and storing equipment
- Promote and actively support the school’s responsibilities towards safeguarding
You will need:
- The ability to relate to children/young people from diverse ethnic/social backgrounds
- Good verbal communication skill to liaise with children/young people and staff members
- Previous experience of working with children/young people in a school environment is not essential but may be preferred
What the school offers its staff
- A dedicated team of supportive colleagues who are passionate about the pupils in their care
- An ethos of high expectations and mutual respect where pupils/adults are valued and cared for
- Access to a highly skilled, creative network of academies that that work together to continually improve and innovate
Further information about the job
When applying please take into account the following:
Employment History
In line with KCSIE requirements, please complete your full employment history to ensure any gaps in your education and career history are accounted for.
Suitable References
When completing your application, please provide two employment referees. Generally, this should be your current and most recent Headteacher or line manager. Please note if your former Headteacher or line manager has since left, please use an alternative current senior staff member as they need to be in post at your former location to be able to confirm your details in full. Unfortunately, we cannot accept personal references or personal email addresses. Please get in touch for any queries if you are unsure.
Supporting Information
The supporting information section of your application should clearly evidence your ability to meet the requirements we have outlined in the job description & person specification. This will be used to shortlist applicants for this role and therefore it is imperative that you provide evidence as requested.
We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We have a robust child protection policy and all staff will receive training relevant to their role at induction and throughout employment at the school. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This post is subject to satisfactory references and enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service criminal records check for work with children. An online search may be undertaken as part of the recruitment process on information available in the public domain. Candidates should disclose anything that may be relevant in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education.
North Yorkshire Council (NYC) advertise vacancies and process applications on behalf of schools and external organisations (third parties) in North Yorkshire. NYC are not responsible for the recruitment/employment practices of third parties and accept no liability in relation to the vacancy and any subsequent recruitment/employment processes.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
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About East Whitby Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 212 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- East Whitby Primary Academy website
- Email address
- chloe.bullen@northyorks.gov.uk
- Phone number
- 01609 536 964
Dear applicant,
Allow me to extend a warm welcome from all governors, staff and children of East Whitby Primary Academy. I am delighted you have shown interest in joining us and I look forward to sharing with you what makes our school a very special place to work.
Our children are delightful, happy, confident and energetic. They are passionate about their learning, be it in the classroom or through other areas of our developed curriculum such as dance, art, PE and music.
Over many years together we have built a learning community that puts the whole child and their development, along with harnessing the skills of our staff at our very heart. You will be joining a school with low staff turnover and high staff retention and as Headteacher it is my job to make sure colleagues are supported and challenged to be life long learners.
We are looking for a teacher who can take the love of learning that our children come to school with each day, and use it to inspire awe and wonder; someone who can embrace all aspects of the curriculum.
Teaching at East Whitby is incredibly rewarding. Due to our well-deserved reputation across the area we place huge importance on developing talent – and in many ways our ‘project based ethos has resulted in many staff leading on whole school projects. I still get an incredible buzz from seeing our children reach their full potential through our staff training and development focus.
This is an exciting time to join us. As a proud primary member of the Enquire Learning Trust (a specialist primary trust of 29 schools), our team are working in partnership with our sister school Stakesby Primary to share, learn and create a primary hub our area can be proud of. Through our Trust we are able to access the support and resources from the soon to launched Teaching School, which means as a staff member you have a wide range of colleagues, tools and resources to help you develop not just in the classroom but beyond.
I hope that you will take the time to come and see and experience for yourself the warm and welcoming atmosphere which makes our vision a reality.
Good luck with your application. I look forward to reading it.
Simon Smith
Principal
Arranging a visit to East Whitby Primary Academy
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email chloe.bullen@northyorks.gov.uk.
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