MDSA

Liden Academy, Swindon, Wiltshire, SN3 6EX

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  A.S.A.P

• Closing date

  4 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  20 June 2025

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: £12.26 Hourly

MDSA job summary

We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic individual to join our team as Midday Assistant. You will work in partnership with classroom staff to support pupils during the lunchtime. Responsibilities will include the supervision of pupils during the lunchtime, as required to ensure the safety, general welfare and behaviour management of pupils during the lunchtime

The successful candidates will:

Be enthusiastic, highly motivated and committed to our ethos and values.

Have the drive and energy to enthuse and inspire young children.

Believe in providing fun and engaging learning experiences and developing curiosity.

Demonstrate good interpersonal skills.

We are able to offer:

A well resourced environment, Training and Wellbeing.

Children who are eager and keen to learn.

A supportive and dedicated team of staff and governors.

Further opportunities for professional development as part of Excalibur Academies Trust.

If you have the qualities we are looking for and want to become part of something special, then please complete an application form

Closing Date: Friday 4th July 2025– midday – (If we receive applications from the right candidate we may close the advertisement early)

Shortlisting: 4th July 2025

Interview Date: 8th July 2025

Our recruitment policies, procedures and practices enable all applicants to be considered on merit and ability to do the job. Liden Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment is subject to satisfactory references, enhanced DBS and medical clearances, and proof of legal working in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996.

Safeguarding Statement

Excalibur Academies Trust is an equal opportunities employer. The Trust is proud to serve a diverse student and parent community. The aims of the Trust’s recruitment policy are to ensure that the best possible staff are recruited on the basis of their merits, abilities and suitability for the position; to ensure that all job applicants are considered equally and consistently; to ensure that no job applicant is treated unfairly on any grounds including race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, disability or age; and to ensure that the School meets its commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people by carrying out all necessary pre-employment checks.

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.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Liden Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 429 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Liden Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/liden-academy

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