Lunchtime Assistant

Priestmead Primary School and Nursery, Harrow, Middlesex, HA3 8SZ

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2026

• Closing date

  6 November 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  21 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: £6,777.54 Annually (FTE)

Lunchtime Assistant job summary

Looking for a role where you can make a real difference every day?

Priestmead Primary School is seeking to appoint a caring, organised and proactive Lunchtime Assistant to join our dedicated team.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in ensuring our pupils experience a safe, positive and enjoyable lunchtime environment. We are looking for someone who can support our lunchtime assistant team and build strong relationships with children and staff.

As an ‘Outstanding’ four-form entry school within The Pegasus Partnership Trust, we pride ourselves on creating a warm, inclusive and ambitious learning community where both pupils and staff thrive.

We are seeking someone who:

✔ Enjoys working with children and understands the importance of positive relationships.

✔ Is calm, organised and able to respond effectively to a range of situations.

✔ Can promote positive behaviour and ensure all children, including those with SEND and additional needs, feel safe, happy and included.

✔ Is proactive in organising lunchtime activities and encouraging active play.

✔ Communicates clearly and professionally with pupils, parents and staff.

✔ Understands the importance of safeguarding, health and safety and pupil wellbeing, ensuring incidents and concerns are reported in line with school procedures.

✔ Ensures the health and safety of pupils at all times and follow the school process for reporting incidents.

✔ Is flexible, reliable and committed to contributing to the wider life of the school.

✔ Confidence using school communication and safeguarding systems, or willingness to learn, would be welcomed.

✔ Has strong spoken English and communication skills.

What We Offer

✔ Supportive Teams - Work alongside experienced, friendly colleagues who want to see you succeed.

✔ Incredible Children - Our pupils are well-behaved, engaged and eager to learn.

✔ A Caring Community - A welcoming, inclusive environment where staff, pupils and families work together.

✔ Career Progression - Whether you want to further develop your leadership skills or progress into senior leadership, we provide clear pathways and opportunities across the trust.

✔ A Focus on Wellbeing - 24/7 GP access, supportive teams, social staff events and a positive working culture.

✔ Modern, Purpose-Built Facilities - Inspiring teaching spaces and on-site parking for staff.

Why Join The Pegasus Partnership Trust?

✅ A trust committed to developing and valuing all staff.

✅ Opportunities to collaborate and grow professionally across schools.

✅ A positive culture built on inclusion, ambition and teamwork.

Come and Visit Us

We warmly encourage prospective candidates to visit Priestmead Primary School and meet our team.

Closing Date: 6th November 2026
Interview Date: Week commencing 9th November 2026

Join us and help make every lunchtime a positive experience for our children.

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 Priestmead Primary School and Nursery

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 877 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Priestmead Primary School and Nursery website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/priestmead-primary-school-and-nursery

We are exciting, vibrant Primary focused multi-academy trust, and we are now looking for YOU, a passionate and enthusiastic teacher, ready for new opportunities, to teach our amazing children!
This is an opportunity for you to be part of a brilliant team, focused on challenging children, driving excellence and developing your career and teaching skills to ensure we have successful learners for life. You would have high quality in-school professional development, opportunities to work across a high performing Trust, dedicated PPA & ECT time and a fully supportive forward thinking leadership team to help you achieve your best! Children are the heartbeat of all the academies in The Pegasus Partnership Trust.

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