Lunch Time Supervisor

St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B29 6NU

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  16 October 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  18 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £22,237.00 - £24,702.00 Annually (FTE) This is the full-time salary - pro rata will apply for this part-time post

Lunch Time Supervisor job summary

Come and join our friendly and supportive staff team.

We are looking to appoint a Lunchtime supervisor with the following qualities:

-Confident in communicating with adults and children;

-Happy to work both indoors and outside;

-Kind and compassionate;

-Confident to share our high expectations with our pupils.

What we can offer:

-A supportive and positive working environment where staff wellbeing is important;

-A team of 8 immediate colleagues who will support you in your induction to our school;

-Kind and well behaved children who (with reminders!) are respectful to adults;

-A job in a school with a strong ethos where we all work to bring out the best in each other.

Job Start Date: 3rd November 2025 or ASAP

We are looking to appoint a caring, responsible and observant person to join our well-established and committed lunchtime team.

You will be responsible for the safety and welfare of the pupils during lunchtime, both inside the building and outside in the playground.

You will be involved in the supervision of children and the organisation of play to ensure they have a positive lunchtime experience.

You will need good interpersonal skills, and must be trustworthy, reliable, punctual and enthusiastic about working with children.

Previous experience is not essential as full training and support will be provided.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Safeguarding

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. As this is our top priority, we encourage applicants to review our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy.

The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:

enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work.

References

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Short-listed candidates

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

Rehabilitation of Offenders

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About St Mary's Church of England Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 413 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Mary's Church of England Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mary-s-church-of-england-primary-school-birmingham

A two-form Voluntary Aided Church of England Primary school, approximately 3 miles to the south west of Birmingham city centre.

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