Lunchtime Assistant

Beacon View Primary Academy, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO6 3PS

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027

• Closing date

  30 October 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  13 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £12.81 Hourly

Lunchtime Assistant job summary

Hours per week: 7.5 hours (1.5 hours per day)

Location: Beacon View Primary Academy, Portsmouth

Pay: £24,978 FTE £4,310.63 Actual

Working hours: 11:40 - 13:10, Monday - Friday

Working weeks: 39 - Term time only

Start Date: January 2027

Beacon View Primary Academy is seeking a Lunchtime Assistant to join our friendly and supportive team.

This is a varied and rewarding role, helping to create a safe, positive and enjoyable lunchtime experience for our children. You will support children during lunch times, encouraging positive behaviour, good manners and healthy eating habits, while helping children feel safe, happy and included.

You will help supervise children during lunch, supporting younger children where needed and helping to maintain a calm and welcoming dining environment.

We are looking for someone who is:

• Friendly, caring and approachable
• Calm, patient and positive with children
• Reliable and punctual
• Able to work well as part of a team
• Willing to support a range of lunchtime duties
• Committed to helping children have a safe and enjoyable lunchtime

This is a great opportunity to play an important role in school life and make a real difference to children's day.

We encourage applications from candidates who enjoy working with children and want to be part of a welcoming school community.

We are also recruiting for an Evening Cleaner position (12.5 hours per week). If you are looking for additional hours, you are welcome to apply for both vacancies, offering the potential to work up to 20 hours per week across the two roles.

Beacon View Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be subject to appropriate pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check.

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 Beacon View Primary Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 233 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Beacon View Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/beacon-view-primary-academy

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