Mealtime Assistant
St Peter's Church of England (VA) Junior School, Tavistock, Devon, PL19 9HW20 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
2 September 2025 at 9am
Date listed
7 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
- 3472
Mealtime Assistant job summary
Meal Time Assistant – St Peter’s CofE (VA) Junior School, Tavistock
Required – September 2025
Contract Term: - Fixed term until 31/08/26
Grade SC1 – Scale point 2 Starting Salary £12.26 per hour Actual Salary £,3,472 (FTE £24,413)
Hours: 6.25 hours per week Monday – Friday.
Term Time: 38 weeks per annum
Local Government Pension Scheme.
Are you passionate about providing children with a safe and structured mealtime where they can eat and play with their friends. If this sounds like you then St Peter’s CofE (VA) Junior School, based in Tavistock, are looking for a Mealtime Assistant to join their team. We are looking for a caring individual who can lead play, interact with the children and undertake the responsibility of supervising and ensuring the safety of the children at all times.
The main duties of the role are:
- Set up the dining hall
- To set up and lead play activities in the playground;
- Supervision of all pupils during their meal time and organising the dinner queue
- To co-ordinate play for pupils;
- To assist with the well-being of pupils during lunchtime;
- To support the supervision of children during lunch and play, using your initiative to ensure caring quality provision is continuously made.
Experience of working with children is not essential, just the passion to help improve the life chances of children within a school environment whilst being prepared to work inside and outside in all weathers.
To apply to this role please click the 'Apply Now' button on this advert.
If you have any issues with the Sam People Recruit system please call 01924 907319, for query's regarding the post please contact The People Team via people@stcmat.org
Applications need to be completed by 9am on Tuesday 2nd September. Provisional Interview date is 5th September 2025.
Please note it is our process to apply for references for shortlisted applicants and to complete online searches in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance, for all shortlisted applicants. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS Disclosure is required for this post.
Please visit the below website for our Trust policies and our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy:
https://www.stchristophersmat.org/key-information/item/10/trust-policies
Our commitment to EDI
We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and are committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive workplace. Applicants who meet the criteria will be considered for employment, regardless of race, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, age or veteran status.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About St Peter's Church of England (VA) Junior School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 119 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- St Peter's Church of England (VA) Junior School website
School location
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