Lunchtime Supervisor
Madley Brook Community Primary School, Witney, Oxfordshire, OX28 1AR20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
TBC
Closing date
21 March 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
27 January 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
- £12.26 Hourly
Lunchtime Supervisor job summary
Job Purpose
To ensure the supervision, safety and welfare of pupils during the mid-day break in the dining areas and playground.
Relationships
The post holder is responsible to the headteacher for his / her duties and responsibilities.
Principle Responsibilities
- To be on duty in the areas allocated at the time allocated.
- To supervise pupils to ensure good behaviour in and around school.
- To adhere to school policies and procedures that affect you and your duties (e.g. fire, accident reporting, Safeguarding etc)
- To report any accidents and request assistance from one of the school’s first aiders as required, until trained yourself.
- To refer any queries by parents about pupils to the headteacher.
- To report to the class teacher at the end of lunchtime any incidents regarding inappropriate behaviour whilst under your supervision.
- Seek assistance from the headteacher or teaching assistant on duty if necessary, any incidents of serious misbehaviour under your supervision.
- Assist pupils with clearing of plates and cutlery and deal with any spillages as appropriate.
- Supervise and assist pupils with packed lunches.
- Promote good eating manners.
- Help children who are still learning to use a knife and fork.
- Refer to the weekly lunchtime rota for your allocated duties.
- To assist in the supervision of playtimes ensuring that children behave appropriately and adhere to school rules.
- To engage in meaningful conversation with children in the playground and to encourage and assist interactive play.
This job description may be amended at any time following consultation with the headteacher and the post holder.
Person Specification
1. Previous experience in a similar role would be an advantage, but not essential
2. Good communication skills and a pleasant manner
3. Patience, initiative and the ability to operate within a team environment
4. Enjoy working with children
5. First Aid Certificate – desirable, if not a willingness to train.
Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.
OUR VISION is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.
OUR ‘WHY?’ is that children and young people ‘only get one go’ in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible ‘go’ for our pupils.
OUR ‘HOW?’ is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.
Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our “Working in RLT” guide.
This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.
If you would like to have a confidential conversation with Paul Thomas, about the role, prior to application, then please email head@madleybrook.org or telephone 01993862976.
The River Learning Trust and Madley Brook School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link List of offences that are not filtered
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 are not accepted.
About Madley Brook Community Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 261 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
School location
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