Lunchtime Assistant

Lynch Hill School Primary Academy, Slough, Berkshire, SL2 2AN

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  22 May 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  12 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £5,838.86 Annually (Actual)

Lunchtime Assistant job summary

We are keen to appoint a responsible and caring Lunchtime Assistant, who displays initiative and is a team player. The role involves working within a team to oversee and contribute to the care, safety and welfare of the pupils during lunch times in the canteen, playground and other areas.

Your duties will include encouraging, supporting and supervising pupils while they eat in the canteen as well as maintaining cleanliness in that area. You will also monitor and supervise the pupils during play. You will be responsible for encouraging safe play in line with our behaviour expectations, while promoting the pupils’ wellbeing.

Lynch Hill School is a large primary academy in the west of Slough. We serve a diverse community which is very important to us with over 45 home languages represented within our school. Our school is an engaging, tolerant and respectful community that is empathetic to the needs of others.

We are a school of opportunities, and we can offer:

Excellent CPD and career development which is available to all

Delightful children who are keen to learn and have high aspirations of themselves

A team of committed, talented and innovative staff

A consultative, supportive Leadership Team and Governing body

Excellent benefits including longer holidays, award days for attendance and more

Employees benefit from priority admission to the school for their children

We offer cost effective childcare options for Nursery aged children

Please apply for this position by completing the application form which is available on the school website, including a statement outlining your experience and suitability for the post, and return this to Miss Billie Whitford, HR Assistant, via email.

Opening date: 12/05/2026

Closing date: 22/05/2026

We reserve the right to interview promising candidates prior to this date if applications are received early.

Based at: Lynch Hill School Primary Academy, Garrard Road, Slough, SL2 2AN

Lynch Hill School Primary Academy, SEBMAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will therefore be subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references. Shortlisted candidates should be aware that, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, online searches may be conducted.

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 Lynch Hill School Primary Academy

• School type: Academies, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 895 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lynch Hill School Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lynch-hill-school-primary-academy

Lynch Hill School is a large primary academy in the west of Slough. We serve a diverse community which is very important to us with over 45 home languages represented within our school. Our school is an engaging, tolerant and respectful community that is empathetic to the needs of others. At Lynch Hill, we believe that every child should be equally valued, irrespective of abilities or individual differences and encouraged to develop to their full potential. We are committed to providing all children with an inclusive learning environment so that they can aim high, removing barriers to learning to enable them to work hard and ensure that their wellbeing is at the heart of all we do so that they know that we care deeply.

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