Lunchtime Supervisor

Ashcombe Primary School, Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, BS23 3JW

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  9 October 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  29 September 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £3696

Lunchtime Supervisor job summary

About this Role

School lunchtimes are 20% of a child’s week so the post offers the chance to help children really make the most of their day.

Duties will include supervising children eating their lunch and on the playground, modelling and encouraging positive interaction between them and leading play. Lunchtime Supervisors play a key role in supporting children to enjoy positive playtime and in learning how to build new relationships

At Ashcombe we use OPAL Play to enhance our lunchtime play. OPAL Play is fundamental for children to learn to self-regulate through practise, trust and freedom and our lunchtime supervisors are fundamental to the success of this fantastic scheme. OPAL play knows how important a happy, challenging and play based lunchtime makes for a successful day at school. By joining our Play Team you will be helping our school family build their communication skills, teamwork and build their imagination. An OPAL Play lunchtime supervisor supports the children play safely with different equipment in all of our play zones. Your role will be like a play worker to help nurture creative games and activities with a range of loose parts and resources. We allow all of the children to mix year groups in the different zones operating over the whole school grounds. The lunchtime supervisors monitor their zone playing with the children, monitoring safety and equipment, administering first aid if required and extending the play.

Our children love this school and the successful candidates will join a thriving and exciting school community where relationships, school identity and team spirit are strong. We really look out for each other.

Full training and support will be given to the successful applicant.

Ashcombe Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to an enhanced DBS Barred List and DBS Disclosure check and satisfactory references. We welcome applications from all section of the community, regardless of gender, race, religion, disability, sexual orientation or age.

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

Ashcombe Primary School is part of Kaleidoscope Multi-Academy Trust and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. We will be undertaking an appropriate online search for shortlisted candidates. It is an offence to apply for a role that requires regulated activity if you are barred from doing so. Our safeguarding policy is available on the Kaleidoscope website: https://www.kaleidoscopemat.co.uk.

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 Ashcombe Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 627 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Ashcombe Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ashcombe-primary-school

Our strap line is #WeAreAshcombe. We use it because our children, our families and our staff are incredibly proud of their school. We believe it's a special thing to be a member of this community and these simple words reflect that sense of identity and belonging. Relationships across our school are strong. We look out for one another.

The dedicated team here at Ashcombe, are incredibly proud of our school- especially of the service and support we've provided for our community across what's been the most challenging of times for our nation. We've kept our children laughing, learning and growing and that is a real source of professional pride for us. It has drawn the school and the families we serve closer together than ever before.

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