Lunchtime Supervisory Assistant

St Mark's Church of England Primary School, Stockton-on-Tees, TS19 7HA

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As Soon As Possible

• Closing date

  2 March 2026 at 8am

• Date listed

  5 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £5,640.00 Annually (Actual) NJC Grade C, spinal point 3 - 2 hours per day, Monday to Friday, Term time only.

Lunchtime Supervisory Assistant job summary

One Excellence Multi Academy Trust is a Multi Academy Trust made up of four schools. The Trust was founded in July 2017, and is a mixed Multi Academy Trust. The vision and rationale behind the wider partnership are based on shared values and aspirations, a strong sense of community identity and values of inclusion and aspiration for all.

One Excellence Multi Academy Trust believes in supporting and investing in its staff and has a structured health and well-being programme. The programme includes physiotherapy, nurse support service and drop-in clinic, counselling, mindfulness sessions, weight management, stress awareness, GP consultations and private medical operations if required. We are also keen for staff to be able to reach their full potential and offer a range of professional development opportunities in all areas of education, nurturing and leadership.

A Lunchtime Supervisory Assistant needs to ensure that all our children have meaningful lunchtime play every day, following the school’s OPAL Policy:

• Create a safe and stimulating outdoor environment providing social, active and creative play experiences for all
• Ensure that all our children have a pleasant eating experience at lunch time, whilst maximising the time they can spend outside playing.
• Support children as they visit the dining hall and are responsible for clearing and cleaning the hall to a state ready for use (e.g. for PE, school assemblies) in the afternoon.
• Ensure that children remain within a safe environment, and that they play safely
• Set suitable behaviour standards in line with school policy
• Help children acquire social skills
• Attend to minor accidents sustained during the lunch break, and seek appropriate assistance if necessary
• Attend to any pupil who becomes ill during the lunch break, and again seek appropriate assistance
• Report to the Head Teacher/Senior Supervisor any acts that constitute serious infringements of school rules
• Work under the direction of the teaching staff
• Liaise effectively and professionally with staff; teachers and parents, as required
• Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required
• Show a duty of care and take appropriate action to comply with Health & Safety requirements at all time
• Demonstrate and promote commitment to Equal Opportunities and to the elimination of behaviour and practices that could be discriminatory.

Disclosure: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to enhanced clearance through the Disclosure and Barring Service. We are an Equal Opportunities Employer. We want to develop a more diverse workforce, and we positively welcome applications from all sections of the community. Applicants with disabilities will be invited for interview if the essential job criteria are met. Where our roles are customer facing and you are required to speak to members of the public, the ability to converse at ease with customers and provide advice in accurate spoken English is essential for the post. As a disability confident employer, we are committed to employing disabled people and people with health conditions making reasonable adjustments to support disabled applicants when required.

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

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.

About St Mark's Church of England Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 430 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Mark's Church of England Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-mark-s-church-of-england-primary-school-stockton-on-tees

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