Lunchtime Supervisor

Northern Saints Church of England Academy, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR5 5QL

9 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  2 March 2026

• Closing date

  30 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  19 January 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: £24,796.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE) Actual salary £4,194 - £4,260 per annum based on 7.5hrs per week term time only (38weeks)

Lunchtime Supervisor job summary

You will take part in maintaining the cleaning of a designated area of the school. You will:

• supporting children to eat their lunches appropriately, ensuring drinks are provided and helping with the social skills of sharing lunchtime with peers.
• supervising playtimes, and ensuring children engage in active and positive play.
• cleaning the dining area to the required standard and maintaining health and safety/food hygiene regulations.
• helping to keep the playground tidy

What is required:

Essential

• A good level of spoken English and the ability to communicate well with both adults and children.
• Patience and understanding
• Good time keeping and reliability.
• A team player.

Desired

• Experience of working with children
• Ability to use your initiative, within framework of policies and procedures
• Desire to constantly improve own practice/knowledge through self-evaluation and learning from others
• 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 Northern Saints Church of England Academy

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 455 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Northern Saints Church of England Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/northern-saints-church-of-england-academy

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