Lunchtime Controller

Polehampton Church of England Junior School, Reading, Berkshire, RG10 9AX

24 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  7 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  7 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,584.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary - £4,336

Lunchtime Controller job summary

This post will involve working with other staff to supervise large groups of children as they eat and play during lunchtime.

This role is working Monday to Friday between 12noon and 1.30pm.

Duties will include:

Putting out and clearing away the dining tables and benches.

Supervising children in the dining hall.

Organising games.

Getting out and putting away the play equipment.

To be considered for this position you will need to:

Be adaptable and willing to be involved in all aspects of school life

Be fully committed to being part of a high functioning team

Be a hard-working individual, prepared to support children in being the best they can be every day

Be committed to keeping every child safe at lunchtimes

It would be an advantage if you

Have had experience in the same or similar role

Have a first aid qualification

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 Polehampton Church of England Junior School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 234 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Polehampton Church of England Junior School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/polehampton-church-of-england-junior-school

We are dynamic, inspirational and over-subscribed Infant and Junior schools, ensuring the best possible learning experiences and outcomes for all our children.

Our core Christian values are at the heart of all we do and our Christian culture of compassion and consideration for each other touches every area of school life. The school community enjoys strong links with our local Church in a mutually supportive and beneficial partnership. We contribute to and are enriched through our involvement with the Church and the local community.

Our two schools work very closely together as the Polehampton Schools; two schools, one journey with a shared senior leadership team. This ensures a smooth transition and strong progress from the Foundation Stage through to the end of Year Six. Our children are well-equipped for secondary school and prepared to be compassionate, reflective and successful life-long learners in an ever-changing world.

Everyone is committed to excellence, improvement and the pursuit of high standards academically, physically, artistically, as well as spiritually, morally, socially and culturally. Our united, respectful and respected team of adults consistently applies best practice, modelling the school’s deeply embedded drivers of community, curiosity and cultural diversity.

Our amazingly supportive parental community help to enable the school to flourish and grow. We have a highly committed and proactive Governing body who work with the school team, appropriately supporting and challenging so that high standards are sustained in an encouraging and warm environment that values everyone.

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