Lunchtime Supervisor

St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe, Spennymoor, County Durham, DL16 6SL

11 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  10 December 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  28 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £4,349.61 Annually (Actual) Fixed term until 31st August 2026 , 7.5 hours per week

Lunchtime Supervisor job summary

St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe is looking to appoint a Lunchtime Supervisor. As a Lunchtime Supervisor, you will play a key role in ensuring that pupils have a safe, enjoyable, and well-managed break during the school day. This role is ideal for someone who is caring, observant, and confident in working with children in a busy school environment.

You will be responsible for supervising pupils during the lunch period—both in the dining hall and in outdoor or indoor play areas—encouraging positive behaviour, promoting healthy eating, and supporting social interaction. Your duties may include helping younger children with meals, managing queues, resolving minor disputes, and ensuring that all pupils are safe and engaged during their break.

Working as part of a wider pastoral and support team, you’ll help create a calm and inclusive atmosphere where pupils feel supported and respected. You’ll also be expected to follow safeguarding procedures and report any concerns to the appropriate staff.

This is a rewarding role that offers the opportunity to make a meaningful contribution to pupils’ wellbeing and daily school experience.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post will be subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. The school will consider carrying out an online search as part of the due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

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 St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 233 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-charles-catholic-primary-school-tudhoe

St Charles Catholic Primary School is based in Spennymoor within the parish of St Charles, Tudhoe. We are a welcoming and caring school where every child is encouraged to develop their gifts and talents.

We strive for excellence in teaching and enjoyment of learning; in a setting underpinned by Gospel values and practices. As our Mission Statement expresses, we are a learning community that is guided by our faith and believe that Jesus is at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to giving every child, every opportunity to achieve their potential in mind and in body in a happy, safe and caring environment.

Our highly skilled staff set consistently high expectations in all that they do and provide opportunities for our children to enjoy and succeed making long-lasting memories. At St Charles we are blessed with wonderful children, they have a great attitude to their learning and towards each other through mutual respect.

We are proud of our community; the partnership with our families, governors and parish who play an important role in the success of our school. In June 2021, we extended our school community even further as we became part of the Bishop Hogarth Catholic Education Trust and in September 2021, we opened our new Nursery where even more children join us as we love, learn and grow together.

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