Lunchtime Assistant
St Bede Academy, Bolton, Lancashire, BL3 3LJ18 days remaining to apply
Closing date
3 October 2025 at 1pm
Date listed
15 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £12.21 Hourly
Lunchtime Assistant job summary
Responsibilities and Duties:
To prepare the dining area for service, setting up of trolleys and cleaning as required
Assisting in the domestic care and welfare of the children during lunchtimes
Supervise children eating their lunch, help cut up food and refill water jugs
Ensure tables are wiped with sanitiser and the floor is cleaned immediately after spillages
Empty lunch trays/plates of leftover food and stack neatly ready for pot-wash, collect cutlery, dispose of waste food safely
Dealing with and reporting incidents and accidents that occur during lunchtime, ensuring policies and procedures are followed correctly
To maintain required standards of personal hygiene and dress code
Put away dining tables and sweep floor
Such other related duties as are required to ensure the dining area is in a clean and hygienic condition and that the food service is efficient
Ensure the Dining room is cleaned and ready for use for Afternoon School activities
Any other duties as requested by line manager
Hours of Work:
10 Hours per week (between the hours of 11.30am to 1:30pm)
38 weeks per year
Monday to Friday
Person Specification:
Ability to build effective working relationships with all pupils and colleagues
To show good communication skills and enjoy working with young children
Ability to be patient and listen to our young customers
Ability to work within a team in a busy environment
To be flexible within the role
Ability to use equipment safely and effectively
Willing to actively participate in any training
Ability to maintain confidentiality
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About St Bede Academy
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 660 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Bede Academy website
St. Bede is a popular three-form entry Academy with 630 pupils on roll, serving a wide community with pupils from different faiths. The present School was formed in September 1992 through the amalgamation of a well-established Infant and Junior School. It became an Academy on 1st July 2011 and is now part of a Multi-Academy Trust, along with our sister school Tonge Moor Primary Academy.
Collaboration between both schools in the MAT is strong, supporting staff’s workload and well-being, and career development. Staff members benefit from: on-site MAT HR support; on-site full time MAT IT support; on-site school term time nursery; on-site 52 week private nursery; on-site out of school club and holiday club; discounted childcare; bespoke personal development opportunities as well as full access to The National College CPD package; a committed Governing body; a supportive leadership team who prioritise well-being; pupils who behave well, are eager to learn, are calm, happy and enjoy school life; a family ethos that nurtures individual talent, empowering all to flourish.
As a Church of England Primary school our school vision, values and scripture underpin our daily practice. We have a strong relationship with St. Bede's Church and this forms the basis of a very happy community.
The School underwent its Statutory Inspection for Anglican and Methodist Schools in February 2023 and the glowing report with a secure ‘Good’ judgement captures life at St. Bede perfectly. The report can be found our school website.
The large school building is made up of: twenty two classrooms, a music room, a computing suite, a main hall, a small hall, an intervention classroom, a library, a staff PPA room, a meeting room, a staffroom and a number of office spaces. We have an urban site with no grounds or playing fields, although the school has access to the adjacent council playing fields which we are currently in talks with the council about purchasing for our children. We have two playgrounds, a Reception outdoor area, a Nursery outdoor area, a Year 1 outdoor area and an allotment.
Our bespoke curriculum ensures that all children are provided with a broad, balanced curriculum taking into account their interests, needs and talents. Our curriculum is sequential from the EYFS to Y6 and is successfully designed to be ambitious and meet the needs of all pupils. We are proud to have specialist teachers in Music, Modern Foreign Languages, Computing and Art who teach from EYFS to Year 6.
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