Lunchtime Supervisor
Tenterfields Primary Academy, HALESOWEN, West Midlands, B63 3LH4 days remaining to apply
Closing date
25 September 2026 at 11am
Date listed
21 September 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support role
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £3,738.20 Annually (Actual)
Lunchtime Supervisor job summary
About Our School and Windsor Academy Trust
Welcome to our dedicated school team. We are a dynamic and inclusive community of professionals who play a crucial role in the daily success of our educational environment. Our staff are deeply committed to providing the operational excellence required to support our teachers and students, ensuring our school is a safe, welcoming, and highly effective place to learn and work. We are seeking to appoint a Lunchtime Supervisor to work as part of a team to provide safe supervision and welfare needs of pupils during the lunchtime period at Tenterfields Primary Academy in line with the vision and values of Windsor Academy Trust.
We are incredibly proud to be part of the Windsor Academy Trust family. Working within the Trust means you benefit from shared expertise, wider opportunities, and a powerful network of support. This collective power allows us to focus relentlessly on our shared moral purpose: unlocking the academic and personal potential of every child, while ensuring our staff thrive.
About the Role
Job Purpose
The Lunchtime Supervisor, operating under the direction and instruction of Senior Leaders, will work as an integral part of a team to provide for the safe supervision and welfare needs of students during the lunchtime period at the academy. The post holder will ensure all activities are carried out in line with the overarching vision and values of Windsor Academy Trust (WAT), promoting a positive, healthy, and safe environment for all students.
Supervision and Student Welfare
The Lunchtime Supervisor will:
Supervise activities and maintain the health, safety, welfare, good conduct, and safeguarding of students during the lunchtime period, having due regard for any additional needs.
Treat all students in a fair, patient, and firm manner in accordance with academy policy.
Assist in the supervision of other activities during the lunchtime period, which includes setting out and storing necessary equipment.
Act accordingly when advice or assistance is needed to meet a student's individual needs.
Administer basic first aid, ensuring that all details are recorded and reported in line with standard school procedures as required.
Carry out similar work at other times, such as before and after school, as directed.
Behaviour, Conduct, and Dining
Promote and positively endorse good behaviour, polite table manners, positive social skills, and high standards of hygiene.
Deal with and promptly report any incidents of disruptive behaviour in line with the academy's behaviour policy.
Actively encourage students to select and eat healthy, balanced meals.
Refer more serious matters to senior lunchtime staff and provide support where necessary.
Environment and Hygiene
Assist in the preparation and tidying up of supervised areas.
Clean up any spillages of food or liquid during the meal service and ensure tables and dining areas are wiped down between meals.
Ensure that all assigned areas of the school grounds are cleared of litter on a daily basis.
General Professional Responsibilities
Contribute positively to the overall ethos and aims of the academy.
Participate in relevant training, learning activities, and performance development as required by leadership.
Attend and actively participate in relevant staff meetings as required.
Maintain an awareness of and comply with all policies and procedures relating to child protection, equal opportunities, health and safety, security, confidentiality, and data protection, reporting all concerns to the appropriate designated person.
Uphold the responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults throughout the course of their work.
About You We are looking for a highly organised and collaborative professional who:
Possesses strong operational, administrative, or technical expertise relevant to the school environment.
Thrives in an agile team and is always looking for ways to improve school systems and efficiencies.
Deeply understands that every role, whether in an office or a classroom, plays a vital part in unlocking student potential.
What We Offer You
We want you to love coming to work. Here is how we support, develop, and look after you from the moment you join us:
A Supportive Family & True Collaboration
You are never working in a silo at Windsor Academy Trust. We are a team that co-creates, supports one another, and ensures every single voice is heard.
A Warm Welcome: From Day One, you will be welcomed into an inclusive team and paired with a mentor through our 90-day Buddy Programme.
Valued Co-Professionals: We recognise our operational, finance, HR, IT, and estates colleagues as the essential engine driving our shared educational mission.
Cross-Trust Networks: Connect with a brilliant network of professional services specialists across our family of schools to share best practices and solve challenges together.
Space to Breathe and Thrive We are serious about protecting your wellbeing and ensuring a healthy work-life balance.
Flexible Approaches: Benefit from clear working hours and flexible working opportunities where applicable.
Exceptional Benefits: Enjoy a highly competitive package including generous pensions, Vivup retail discounts, and cycle-to-work schemes.
Your Wellbeing First: Access a comprehensive support package, including a confidential Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and healthcare benefits.
A Bespoke Pathway for Your Career
We are committed to helping you reach your full potential, offering clear avenues for professional development.
The Talent Institute: We invest heavily in our support staff, providing the paid training and mentorship you need to advance.
Tailored to You: Whether you want to master your specific discipline, access funded professional body memberships, or step into operational leadership, we build a bespoke learning pathway just for you.
Safeguarding & DBS Requirements
Because the safety of our students is our absolute priority, please note that this role is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, alongside other standard pre-employment safeguarding checks. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer dedicated to safer recruitment.
Ready to join the Windsor Academy Trust family? APPLY NOW
If you want to work in a school trust that values your mind, protects your time, and invests in your future, we would love to hear from you.
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 Tenterfields Primary Academy
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 229 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive staff team and a forward thinking and dynamic Trust. Tenterfields Primary Academy is a popular one form entry in the heart of Halesowen. We form part of Windsor Academy Trust (WAT) and we believe that each and every one of our children should be supported to reach their personal and academic potential. We offer a welcoming and inclusive environment in which to work and our children are fantastic and at the heart of everything we do.
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