Lunchtime Supervisor

Kingfisher Primary Academy, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN2 4PY

11 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  19 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  6 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,601.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE) Pro rata salary £ 5,763 - £5,900

Lunchtime Supervisor job summary

Lunchtime Supervisor - Kingfisher Primary School

Hours: 10 hours per week (2 hours per day)
Working Time: 11:30am - 1:30pm, Term Time Only
Start Date: 5th January 2026
Salary: £5,763 - £5,900 (Actual Salary)

Kingfisher Primary is a vibrant and inclusive school where children are at the heart of everything we do. We pride ourselves on creating a safe, nurturing, and stimulating environment that supports every child to flourish both academically and socially. We are a large primary school, easily accessible via the M18/A1 motorway network, and we are on an exciting journey of improvement. Our curriculum is designed to spark curiosity, encourage active participation, and ensure every child is engaged and excited about learning.

Can you remain calm and confident when managing groups of children during busy and sometimes noisy lunchtimes?

Can you balance being approachable and friendly with maintaining clear boundaries and expectations?

We are looking to appoint a caring and enthusiastic Midday Supervisor to join our dedicated team. The successful candidate will help ensure the safety, wellbeing, and enjoyment of pupils during the lunchtime period.

Job Purpose

• To supervise pupils during the lunchtime period to minimise any disruption, ensure their wellbeing and maintain their safety.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Supervise pupils in the dining areas, playgrounds or other parts of the school premises.
• Put out tables (where applicable) and set with cutlery and beakers in time for the mealtime period to ensure there are sufficient settings for the number of pupils eating that day.
• Ensure pupils enter the dining room in a safe and orderly fashion and behave appropriately when queuing for their meal in order to maintain safety and wellbeing of all pupils.
• Ensure pupils eating meals are seated in an orderly fashion to maintain safety and wellbeing of the pupils.
• Assist the pupils, as necessary, during the meal break to ensure their wellbeing. This may include providing them with a drink, helping with spillages, cutting up food and caring for pupils’ personal needs.
• Supervise the clearing of plates, cutlery etc into the appropriate area to maintain a clean and tidy environment and to free up space for any further sittings where applicable.
• Ensure once meals are finished that the dining area is wiped down, etc., and is left in a clean and tidy manner.
• Assist with associated ancillary duties (e.g. cleaning up spillages).
• Engage children in developmental play in the playground (where appropriate).
• Behave in a proactive way, to ensure that play / socialising is undertaken sensibly and safely at all times, ensuring good standards of behaviour by the pupils are maintained.
• Assist in collecting pupils from collection point and escort to hall/classroom or patrol and supervise school areas used by the pupils at mealtimes, to ensure safety and appropriate behaviour is observed, as applicable.
• Operate, where applicable, a first aid service, during the mealtime to deal with any accidents that occur safely and quickly.
• Ensure school security regulations are upheld.

Interested in Applying?

If you are passionate about education, looking for a fresh opportunity, or simply want to make a positive impact, we would love to hear from you. Take a look at the job description and candidate pack to find out more about the role and how to apply or contact our recruitment team at recruitment@astreaacademytrust.org.

Closing Date:

The closing date for applications is 19th November 2025. Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity!

Commitment to Safeguarding and EDI:

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All posts are subject to satisfactory background checks, including references and enhanced DBS checks. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates who are underrepresented in our workforce. As a Disability Confident employer, we are committed to promoting a culture that ensures there are no barriers to the recruitment, development, and progression of disabled staff across the trust. We provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process to ensure disabled job applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate their abilities.

Flexible Interview Dates:

Please note that interview dates are flexible, and the academy reserves the right to interview shortlisted candidates during the application window.

Ready to Make a Difference?

If you're ready to take the next step in your career and contribute to our dynamic and forward-thinking team, apply today and be a part of our mission to create a positive impact!

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

Astrea Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and staff. Every child should feel safe and should be protected from any form of child abuse. We have robust policies and procedures that support our commitment to Safeguarding, this includes our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy. The in-house Safeguarding teams at each Academy work in partnership with families and safeguarding partners to ensure the safety of children is paramount. We are committed to ensuring that all staff access regular, contextual safeguarding training to meet the needs of the local community.

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 Kingfisher Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 445 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Kingfisher Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/kingfisher-primary-academy

Kingfisher is a fantastic academy that places great importance on the success of its pupils. Children are assessed regularly and effective support ensures children make progress. An innovative curriculum has been designed to ensure that children take part in exciting lessons and that they play an active part in their own learning. A number of extra curricular clubs ensure that children have access to a range of enriching activities.

As an academy we love working with parents and have an increasing army of volunteer helpers who support us during the school day. We value the opinions of children in school and they have their own council. The council has regular meetings and discuss a wide range of issues.

Kingfisher is a two form entry academy (420 places) with a 52 place nursery.

The only true way to find out about this academy is to walk through the door and experience the positive atmosphere. We look forward to welcoming you into our academy community!

We hope that you enjoy your visit to our website, and that you find any information you are looking for. Please feel free to contact the academy direct and speak to Mrs Flint with any queries you may have and she will be able to direct you to the most suitable person to deal with your question

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