Mealtime Assistant

Sherford Vale School & Nursery, Sherford, PL9 8FA

7 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  15 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  2 December 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: £2,801.00 Annually (Actual)

Mealtime Assistant job summary

Meal time assistant

We currently require Meal Time Assistants, to support with pupil's needs during their lunch time. We are seeking to recruit highly supportive, friendly, and committed candidates to join our team.

The main purpose of the job is to assist serving lunches and provide lunchtime play supervision. The successful candidates will need to promote consistently high levels of behaviour and have an understanding of special needs.

Job Start Date -ASAP

Safeguarding statement

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. As part of our commitment, we need to ensure that all potential employees satisfy our employment checks. Please note that where appropriate, shortlisted and/or potentially suitable applicants will be required to undertake further checks, including references, and will be required to provide a Disclosure from the DBS.

Rehabilitation of Offenders Act

We will treat applicants who have a criminal record fairly and will not discriminate because of a conviction or other information revealed. Possession of a criminal record will not automatically prevent applicants from working with us. As part of the recruitment process any information revealed regarding a criminal record will only be considered in light of its relevance to the post for which the candidate is applying.

As you are applying for a post which is eligible for a DBS Disclosure, you are required to declare information on any convictions, cautions, reprimands or final warnings, which would not be filtered in line with current guidance.

Therefore, if you have received a conviction or caution, which would not be filtered in line with current guidance, you must provide details below (including any convictions in a court of law outside of Great Britain) and any prosecutions that you have pending.

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 Sherford Vale School & Nursery

• School type: Free School, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 310 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sherford Vale School & Nursery website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sherford-vale-school

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