Lunchtime Assistant

Newton Road School, Rushden, Northamptonshire, NN10 0HH

14 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  7 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  8 June 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: £24,521.00 - £24,521.00 Annually (FTE)

Lunchtime Assistant job summary

The Role:

As a Lunchtime Assistant, you will play a crucial role in ensuring a safe, positive, and enjoyable lunchtime experience for our students. You will supervise and support students during lunch breaks, promote good behaviour and social skills, and contribute to maintaining a clean and organised dining environment. This role requires patience, empathy, and the ability to work effectively with children.

Key Tasks:

• Supervise students during lunch breaks, ensuring their safety, well-being, and adherence to school rules and behaviour expectations.
• Assist students with queuing, serving food, and finding seating arrangements, ensuring a calm and orderly lunchtime atmosphere.
• Encourage positive social interactions, promoting inclusivity and respect among students.
• Support students with specific needs or individual requirements, providing appropriate assistance and accommodations as necessary.
• Promote positive behaviour and encourage students to follow lunchtime routines, displaying appropriate table manners and cleanliness.
• Address any instances of disruptive behaviour, implementing school policies and procedures for behaviour management in a calm and consistent manner.

About You:

You will need:

• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage positively with children.
• Ability to manage and redirect challenging behaviours in a calm and positive manner.
• Patience, empathy, and a genuine interest in supporting the well-being and development of young children.
• Basic understanding of health and safety regulations and food hygiene practices.

Benefits:

• Access to retail discounts, and technology schemes. 
• Access to Cycle to Work 
• 24/7 access to a free Employee Assistance Programme to provide confidential advice and guidance on any personal and/or work-related matter. 
• Free Mindfulness training with a qualified and experienced professional 
• An open and collaborative working environment, not just within your academy but also across the Trust where innovation is encouraged. 
• Discounted gym membership 
• Commitment to exploring ways to reduce email traffic and confine email replies to office hours - while recognising our employee’s preferences for when they work 
• Commitment to continuously review workload issues and explore options for simpler, less onerous methods and processes. 

Nene Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, students, and volunteers to share this commitment. All shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search as part of our due diligence process. 

Any offer of employment will be subject to DBS and Right to Work checks. 

We look forward to your response. 

The Trust will endeavour to make any necessary reasonable adjustments to the job and the working environment to enable access to employment opportunities for disabled job applicants or continued employment for any employee who develops a disabling condition. 

*Please note that we reserve the right to close this advert before the closing date stated* 

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.

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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 Newton Road School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 196 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Newton Road School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/newton-road-school

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