Lunchtime Assistant
Weetwood Primary School, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS16 5NW18 days remaining to apply
Job start date
2 June 2025
Closing date
16 May 2025 at 9am
Date listed
28 April 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 10 hours per week - Monday to Friday - 11:30am to 13:30pm - Term time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Pay Scale A1 Point 2 - £12.65 currently but pay review pending
What skills and experience we're looking for
Vacancy Advert:
Advert: Lunchtime Assistant
Salary: Pay Scale A1 Point 2 - £12.65 currently but pay review pending
Hours: 10 hours per week – 11:30am – 13:30pm – Monday to Friday – Term Time Only
We are looking for a lunchtime assistant to support the children in our Early Years in the dining area and in the playground during lunchtime. Your role will be to support the school with the safety, welfare and behaviour of the children and help the children with social skills and positive play experiences. This role is perfect for someone wanting to gain school experience or someone who would like a few hours a day during term time.
You will receive:
- Behaviour management training
- Safeguarding training
- Health and safety support.
If you are someone who:
- has relevant experience of working with children or is looking to work with children in the future.
- has a range of skills to engage children in play
- shows enthusiasm for a role in a school environment which sees pupils at its heart
- is will to undertake the relevant training to support them with the role.
…then we want to hear from you.
What the school offers its staff
What can we offer you?
- A supportive team of dedicated, friendly staff.
- An opportunity to develop your role through training and working with other experienced practitioners.
- Kind, friendly and enthusiastic children.
Commitment to safeguarding
Safeguarding Statement
Weetwood Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion. As part of the application process any shortlisting candidates would be required to complete a self-disclosure form. The successful candidate would be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to bursar@weetwoodprimary.co.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Weetwood Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 247 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Weetwood Primary School website
- Email address
- bursar@weetwoodprimary.co.uk
- Phone number
- 0113 3230450
We are a happy, thriving school with a passion for creative teaching, lifelong learning and memorable experiences.
We work closely with our family of schools in Headingley, Kirkstall and the surrounding area and provide holiday clubs for pupils at the surrounding schools. We are looking for an inspirational and highly motivated practitioner who is passionate about working with children and who can work alongside our class teachers and other support staff to deliver high quality provision.
This is an exciting opportunity for the successful candidate to develop and build on their experiences and have access to relevant CPD whilst working with a supportive staff team. Our Governing Body is knowledgeable, efficient and focussed on raising standards and is incredibly supportive of the school. We have an active PTA, who raise considerable funds for the school and have an excellent relationship with the school leadership. In short, Weetwood is an exciting, happy and stimulating place to work, and a good prospect for anyone looking to further their career. I hope that after finding out more about our school, you will feel encouraged to apply for this post.
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