Meal Time Assistant

Woodford Primary School, Plymouth, Devon, PL7 4RR

4 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  To be discussed at interview

• Closing date

  3 October 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  16 September 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: £3,338.00 Annually (Actual) Salary Grade A2

Meal Time Assistant job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and friendly colleague to join our lunchtime team. As a Mealtime Assistant you will assist and supervise children in the dining hall and playground promote their welfare, health and safety and will encourage good conduct and behaviour. You will be part of a team monitoring the children and engaging them in positive play, whilst ensuring smooth running of the dining areas and outside places at all times. Meal Time Assistant (5.5 hours per week) 38 Weeks per annum - Temporary until December 2026.

Woodford Primary School

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 Woodford Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 392 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Woodford Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/woodford-primary-school-plymouth

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