Lunchtime Assistant

Gledhow Primary School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS8 1PL

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  3 September 2025

• Closing date

  11 July 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  30 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: The available hours are Monday to Friday, term time only, working 1 hour 15 minutes a day (11:55am to 1:10pm)
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,656
• Pay scale: A1, 02
• Hourly rate: £12.26

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are seeking enthusiastic Lunchtime Supervisory Assistants to join our friendly Lunchtime support team. This role involves the supervision of children over lunchtime and includes guiding and leading play activities with children, supervising children whilst they eat, and some table/floor cleaning.

This role is perfect for an individual who enjoys working as a team. You will be interested in supporting children to develop positive play behaviours and friendships, working 1-2-1 or through group play activity in the playground and classrooms.

To be successful in this role you will:

• Want to develop your existing experience of working with children aged 3-11 years.
• Be required to demonstrate good written and verbal communication skills.
• Have a caring and positive attitude.
• Be willing to uphold high standards of behaviour.
• Be confident working independently as well as part of a team.

What the school offers its staff

In return we offer:

- First -Aid and Health & Safety Training

- A 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme

- Retail discounts/offers at high street and online retailers, cycle to work scheme, discounted gym membership.

Further details about the role

How to Apply

If you would like to apply we would love to hear from you.

Please download and complete the application form by visiting

https://www.gledhow.leeds.sch.uk/vacancies/lunchtimesupervisoryassistant

Completed applications should be addressed to the Business Manager at the school address or via email to recruitment@gledhowschool.org.

Gledhow Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff and volunteers are expected to share this commitment. This role is ‘regulated activity’ therefore you are advised to read our Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy which is also available at https://www.gledhow.leeds.sch.uk/vacancies/lunchtimesupervisoryassistant

Appointment to this post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check and satisfactory references.

If shortlisted, you will be required to disclose relevant information regarding criminal history and an on-line search will be conducted. This includes only information publicly available online.

We promote equality and diversity and inclusion and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds.

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.

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Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Gledhow Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 673 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Gledhow Primary School website
• Email address: recruitment@gledhowschool.org
• Phone number: 0113 2930392
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/gledhow-primary-school

Gledhow is a super school with brilliant pupils, staff, governors, and families. We are a large busy three-form entry school in North Leeds with a wonderfully diverse pupil and colleague community.

At Gledhow we strive to make the ordinary extraordinary, by taking the everyday experiences our pupils have and transforming them into amazing opportunities for learning, growth, and personal development.

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