Meal Time Assistant

Ermington Primary School, Ivybridge, Devon, PL21 9NH

12 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  3 November 2025

• Closing date

  11 October 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  8 July 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: £2,714.92 Annually (Actual)

Meal Time Assistant job summary

Mealtime Assistant Post

Ermington Primary School

Part of Westcountry Schools Trust

Job Title: Mealtime Assistant

JE Grade: A1

Job Term: Fixed Term

Appointment Type: Part Time

Hours: 5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year

This is an exciting opportunity to join Ermington Primary School and Westcountry Schools Trust. We are a dynamic organisation with our students and staff at our heart. You would be joining a committed, supportive and hardworking team who work together to provide a caring, inclusive environment where there is a strong ethos of achievement for all.

We would like to appoint a Mealtime Assistant. This post is for 5 days per week, Monday to Friday and for 1 hour per day. We would like the successful applicant to start as soon as possible, subject to the safeguarding checks.

We would like you to:

Be able to build a strong, understanding and appropriate rapport with children who have emotional issues;

Demonstrate the aptitude to work as part of a successful team;

Have effective communication skills;

Be able to support children in their play and model appropriate play while maintaining the children's safety and following the school's behaviour guidelines;

Undertake lunch-time play duty, supervising by interaction and inclusion.

The hours for this post will be 12 to 1pm

For further information and an application form, please contact the School Office on 01548 830459.

Westcountry Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and provide at least two written references, requested prior to interview.

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.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

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 Ermington Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 88 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ermington Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ermington-primary-school-ivybridge

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