Lunchtime Assistants
Horton Lodge Community Special School, Leek, Staffordshire, ST13 8RB12 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
26 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
12 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time (Can be done as a job share): Monday to Friday, 2 hours per day / 10 hours per week
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until July 2026
Pay scale
- SCP 3, £24,027 FTE (to Pro-Rata: 37 Hour Rate & Term Time Only)
What skills and experience we're looking for
Lunch Time Ancillary Assistant / Midday – Join Our Supportive Team!
We currently have an exciting opportunity for a part time Lunchtime Assistants to join our fantastic team at Horton Lodge.
About the Role
We require Lunchtime Assistants Monday to Friday, 2 hours per day (10 hours per week). This is fixed term until July 2026 with the hope of extending dependent on funding.
As an Ancillary Assistant, you will work under the direct instruction of teaching staff, providing essential support to both pupils and teachers during the lunch time period. You will play a key role in supporting pupils to develop their self help skills and meet their personal needs. You will maintain a clean and safe environment.
What We’re Looking For
We are seeking a friendly, organised, and proactive individual who:
- Has experience working with or caring for children of primary school age (or willingness to learn)
- Is confident and approachable with strong communication skills
- Can relate well to both children and adults
- Is adaptable, willing to take on a variety of tasks, and eager to learn
What the school offers its staff
What We Offer
- Happy, enthusiastic pupils
- The opportunity to work in a beautiful and welcoming school environment
- A supportive and passionate team dedicated to pupil success
- Training and professional development
- A generous Local Government Pension Scheme
- Access to health and wellbeing support through the Thinkwell scheme
Further details about the role
How to Apply
To learn more about this exciting opportunity, please visit our website: www.hortonlodge.staffs.sch.uk.
For further details or to arrange a visit, please contact headteacher@hortonlodge.staffs.sch.uk or call 01538 306214
Your application should include:
- Application Form
- Recruitment Monitoring Form
- An accompanying letter (max one A4 page) outlining your motivation, skills, experience, and suitability for this role
Please send completed applications to Lucy Bloor at headteacher@hortonlodge.staffs.sch.uk.
Commitment to safeguarding
Horton Lodge is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This position is subject to a criminal records check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.
Applying for the job
Please download the application form using the link below, and once completed send to bloor.l@hortonlodge.staffs.sch.uk
CVs are not accepted.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Horton Lodge Community Special School
- School type
- Special school, ages 2 to 11
- School size
- 60 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Horton Lodge Community Special School website
- Email address
- office@hortonlodge.staffs.sch.uk
- Phone number
- 01538 306214
Horton Lodge Community Primary School is a maintained special school for children aged 2-11 years with physical disabilities, associated learning difficulties and a range of complex needs including communication, sensory, and health. Horton Lodge is a small and friendly school with incredibly passionate staff who are constantly striving for the very best for our pupils.
We are offering the opportunity to work in our innovative school in a beautiful setting with wonderful pupils who are happy and enthusiastic about learning. We have a skilled and highly dedicated staff team and a very supportive Governing Body. Appropriate training and support will be offered to the successful candidate to ensure they are successful in their duties.
We are looking for a candidate with the following:
• High professional standards and expectations
• Excellent teaching and classroom practice
• Knowledge of curriculum developments, assessment procedures and educational initiatives within a specialist SEND setting
• The ability to lead a team of support staff and to inspire, challenge and motivate others across the school
• Commitment to making a positive contribution to the wider life and ethos of the school.
Arranging a visit to Horton Lodge Community Special School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email office@hortonlodge.staffs.sch.uk.
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