Lunchtime Supervisor

Cedars Academy, Birmingham, West Midlands, B27 6JL

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  8 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  21 May 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,185.00 - £27,254.00 Annually (FTE) Term time only, Salary Pro Rata

Lunchtime Supervisor job summary

At Cedars Academy, we don't just view the lunchtime period as a break in the day; we see it as a vital opportunity to shape the social and emotional development of our pupils. We are a richly diverse community that honours those who came before us, and we believe we are all part of a bigger story encompassing family, culture, and our shared world.

As a Lunchtime Supervisor, you will not just be watching children eat and play—you will be an essential community builder, tasked with modelling our core values of Purpose, Respect, Independence, Determination, and Equality (PRIDE) in every interaction.

About the Role

We are looking for a proactive and compassionate Lunchtime Supervisor to join our team, ensuring the safety, welfare, and happiness of our pupils during the midday break. Your day-to-day responsibilities will bridge the dining hall and the playground, ensuring all children feel respected, supported, and inspired.

Key Responsibilities:

• Meaningful Play & Engagement: Plan and lead age-appropriate, purposeful play activities. You will use a variety of play types, groupings, and resources to help pupils socialise, interact, and enjoy their break from learning.

• Dining Hall Harmony: Organise the smooth entry, queuing, and seating of pupils to maintain a calm and orderly atmosphere. You will assist children with their food, pour water, and actively encourage healthy eating and good table manners.

• Championing Inclusion & Support: Provide dedicated support to pupils with special educational needs, specific eating requirements, or allergies. You will actively challenge inequality and stereotyping, ensuring all pupils are treated fairly regardless of cultural or religious background.

• Vigilance & Wellbeing: Actively observe the playground and dining areas to identify vulnerable children who may be lonely, upset, or in need of support. You will use positive reward systems, employ de-escalation strategies, and carefully monitor behaviour and wellbeing.

• Health & Safety: Dynamically risk assess situations, manage transitions safely so no child is left unsupervised, and promptly report any medical, safeguarding, or behavioural concerns via school procedures 9, 15, 16. You will also assist with first aid administration and hygiene requirements 15, 17.

About You

You will be someone who perfectly embodies our academy's values. You will show:

Purpose by being highly vigilant, adaptable, building positive relationships with children of all needs and backgrounds.

Respect by listening carefully and speaking kindly to our pupils, and you will champion Equality by helping to remove barriers so every child has what they need to succeed.

Robin Hood MAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff, including those within our Central Team, to share this commitment and to maintain a vigilant and safe environment across all our academies.

This post is considered "regulated activity" (or involves regular access to our school sites) and is therefore subject to an Enhanced DBS check with a check of the Children’s Barred List. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity.

All shortlisted candidates will be required to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children.

In line with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE), we will conduct an online search on all shortlisted candidates as part of our due diligence process. We will discuss any information flagged during this process with the candidate during the interview stage before making a final recruitment decision.

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

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre-employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

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 Cedars Academy

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 7 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 318 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 7 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Cedars Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cedars-academy

Cedars Academy has a strong history of providing exciting and innovative learning opportunities for everyone within our school community.
Within Cedars, we have a growth mindset philosophy and our children have a strong moral purpose, they are prepared to push the
boundaries of what is possible.
Education is so much more than Maths and English and within our school we promote independent learning, mastery in all subjects and the love of the arts.
We strongly believe in promoting wider experiences to capture the imagination of all our pupils.
Cedars Academy are part of Robin Hood Multi-Academy Trust, which has allowed the school to further develop its exciting and innovative curriculum and offer outstanding professional development opportunities across the schools.

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