Lunchtime Supervisor
King Edward VI Handsworth School, Birmingham, West Midlands, B21 9AR13 days remaining to apply
Start date details
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Closing date
21 September 2026 at 9am
Date listed
7 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £13.23 Hourly Term Time Only
Lunchtime Supervisor job summary
King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls is seeking a reliable, enthusiastic and caring Lunchtime Supervisor to join our dedicated team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working with young people and wants to contribute to a positive and safe school environment.
The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting pupils during the lunchtime period, ensuring they can enjoy their break safely and comfortably while maintaining high standards of behaviour and wellbeing across the school.
Key responsibilities include:
- Supervising pupils during lunchtime and encouraging positive behaviour.
- Preparing dining areas before lunch service, including cleaning tables and sweeping floors.
- Maintaining a clean, safe and welcoming dining environment throughout the lunch period.
- Clearing trays, plates and cutlery and assisting with dishwasher duties.
- Managing waste disposal and ensuring bins are ready for service.
- Cleaning chairs and windowsills following lunch service.
- Keeping outdoor patio areas free from litter.
- Ensuring pupils follow health and safety expectations, including safe queuing and appropriate use of school facilities.
- Working collaboratively with colleagues to support the smooth running of lunchtime provision.
We are looking for someone who:
- Enjoys working with children and young people.
- Has a positive and friendly approach.
- Can communicate effectively and confidently.
- Is able to work as part of a team.
- Demonstrates a commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
- Is dependable, organised and able to maintain high standards of cleanliness and safety.
At King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls, you will become part of a supportive and welcoming school community committed to excellence, inclusion and student wellbeing. We value our staff and provide training and development opportunities to support them in their roles.
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to comply with all school policies, including safeguarding, health and safety, confidentiality and data protection requirements. Appropriate pre-employment checks, including an enhanced DBS check, will be undertaken.
Join us and help create a safe, positive and enjoyable lunchtime experience for our students.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About King Edward VI Handsworth School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1365 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
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King Edward VI Handsworth School for Girls is an 11-18 selective girls’ school. We are an academy, a member of the King Edward VI Multi Academy Trust and the King Edward VI Foundation in Birmingham. The school has been situated on Rose Hill Road, Handsworth since 1911. Our facilities are excellent and provide a 21st century learning environment. Our school is built on a pleasant, enclosed campus, close to the centre of Birmingham. The main building was constructed in 1911 and contains some excellent specialist teaching rooms and a beautiful hall. As a school we are committed to offering vibrant extra-curricular activities in which participation is valued and celebrated. We understand that there is far more to education than the learning that takes place in the classroom and there is always an activity available for those who want to get involved. We believe students should take advantage of the opportunities provided; they will meet new friends from other classes and years; and learn a new skill or see a subject in a different light. Our extracurricular timetable changes termly to allow for a wide range of sports, societies and clubs. Many of these groups are led by our Sixth Form students who wish to share their passion for a subject or activity. We have a strong musical tradition with choirs, orchestras and numerous instrumental lessons. Drama flourishes and we have several clubs run as well as our school production and joint ventures with King Edward VI Aston School, King Edward VI Handsworth Grammar School and King Edward VI Handsworth Wood Girls’ Academy. Teams represent us in all the major sports. A contribution to the life of the School is expected from students and staff alike. Charity fundraising is an integral part of the school year. Students and staff commit themselves with great enthusiasm to a range of original fundraising events. We support a range of causes each year; Comic Relief, Sports Relief, LEPRA, Pink Day and Children in Need. Our biggest events are the annual Race for Life Pink Day held each year and Children in Need week which comprises of a series of form organised fund raising activities. As a result, we raise over £15,000 each year for the organisations we support. Whilst we may be a school steeped in tradition and history, something of which we are fiercely proud, we are also an ambitious, forward-thinking and outward-facing school. From this basis we are able to help our students face and meet the challenges of a fast-paced and ever-changing world.
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