Lunchtime Supervisor

Catchgate Primary School, Stanley, County Durham, DH9 8LX

20 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  20 April 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  31 March 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: £5,912.00 - £6,004.00 Annually (Actual)

Lunchtime Supervisor job summary

Lunchtime Supervisor - Part Time

Grade 1

£5,912 - £6,004 (Actual salary based on working 10hrs per week, term time only)

Catchgate School is looking to appoint an enthusiastic and committed Lunchtime Supervisor to join our supportive and friendly team.

This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys working with young people and wants to help create a safe, positive, and enjoyable environment during the lunchtime period.

Key Responsibilities

• To monitor orderly and fair queuing for school meals
• To support reasonable recreational activities throughout the lunch break
• To report any incidents of poor behaviour to the appropriate member of staff
• Ability to present oneself as a role model to pupils in speech, dress, behaviour and attitude

We are looking for someone who:

• Is friendly, reliable and approachable
• Has a calm and patient manner
• Can work well as part of a team and follow school policies and instructions
• Is committed to the well-being and safeguarding of pupils

If you are passionate about working with young people and making a positive impact during the school day, we would like to hear from you.

Connect Multi-Academy Trust is legally obligated to process a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check before making appointments to relevant posts. The DBS check will reveal both spent and unspent convictions, cautions, and bind-overs as well as pending prosecutions, which aren't 'protected' under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 and check to establish that a person is not barred from 'regulated activity' as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006.

Please note that we operate a probationary period of 6 months across all jobs in the Trust (see attached policy for further details). You will receive a comprehensive induction to support you to successfully pass your probation.

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 Catchgate Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 224 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Catchgate Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/catchgate-primary-school-stanley

Welcome to Catchgate Primary School recruitment page and thank you for your interest in looking for a post within our school. We offer a warm welcome to you and hope that you will come and visit our thriving school where we believe all children and staff are entitled to develop to their fullest potential enabling each one to grow in confidence, knowledge and understanding.

We are at the start of a new journey into NCDAT and excited at the prospect of working with both primary and secondary school colleagues. The relationships between the schools is strong already and there are clear opportunities for staff learning, career development and progression so that you can realise your ambition of achieving the next step in your career.

As Governors, leaders and staff we provide a happy, caring, safe and stimulating environment which promotes self-esteem, respect to self and others, co-operation and introduces a range of life skills for participation in the wider community. We have a strong focus on wellbeing for both pupils and staff, which was commented on in a recent Ofsted report, and we support staff with workload to achieve a positive homelife balance.

The community is at the heart of all we do. We work in partnership with parents and a range of other organisations across, and within, the community we serve to ensure children’s development and learning are achieved together. We value the relationships we have with the community and invite them regularly to be part of our learning experience. We offer our children a range of opportunities to develop their independence. We want our new staff members to help us develop a responsible attitude in our children that will enable them to become tolerant, active and caring citizens of the future who contribute positively to the local, national and global community.

If you share your passion for working with children aged 2 – 11 and are committed to high levels of education, commitment to excellence and have the drive to make a difference to our community, then we very much look forward to inviting your on our journey.

Thank you for considering Catchgate Primary School for your future career path. We look forward to working in partnership with you and gladly welcome you to visit our school by contacting our HR Team at enquiries@catchgateps.org.uk whereupon a mutually convenient date and time will be arranged.

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