Meal Time Assistant

Lipson Vale Primary School, Plymouth, Devon, PL4 7HW

45 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  1 September 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  16 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time: 1.5 hours per day, Monday to Friday
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade A £23,656

What skills and experience we're looking for

• Promote positive behaviour and safe active play in the playground and lunch hall environment
• Supervise the dining hall whilst encouraging healthy eating, table manners and good hygiene
• Ensure the dining area is kept clean and in a hygienic condition
• Be able to walk/stand throughout the entire lunchtime period
• Be able to lift and move dining room furniture within the dining hall
• Wipe down and clean all tables between sittings and clean up any spillages or bodily fluids during the meal service
• Be supportive of the School’s Trauma Informed culture and relationships policy

What the school offers its staff

One wellbeing day per year

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

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of the shortlisting process, the school will undertake an online search on applicants. A DBS disclosure is required for this post.

Applying for the job

This job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

MTA Advert July 25.docx - 73.9 KB (opens in new tab)

Application Form for Support Staff V5 March 2021_0 (8).doc - 127 KB (opens in new tab)

About Lipson Vale Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 400 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lipson Vale Primary School website
• Email address: lipson.vale.primary.school@plymouth.gov.uk
• Phone number: 01752224801
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lipson-vale-primary-school

Lipson Vale Primary School is a very special place to learn. We believe passionately in being at the very heart of our community and ensuring that all teaching and learning meet the diverse needs of the community we serve. We are a popular school that accommodates 420 children from the Reception year through to Year 6. The school team, our wonderful pupils and our families have worked together closely over the last few years to redefine the direction of the school. As such, we decided on our guiding values and a new vision which we base all of our decision making on in school. We invest heavily in ensuring that our teaching teams are given the very best professional development which means that they can provide the very best teaching and learning in the classroom. The Lipson Vale team work incredibly hard to meet the individual needs of our learners every day and we pride ourselves on the pastoral care we offer, as well as our ‘relationship’ focused approach to supporting pupils through challenges that they face.

Arranging a visit to Lipson Vale Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email lipson.vale.primary.school@plymouth.gov.uk.

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