Midday Assistant
Stanford-Le-Hope Primary School, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, SS17 0DFThis job expired on 8 July 2025 – see similar jobs
Start date details
3rd September 2025
Closing date
8 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
27 June 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
- £3,356.59 - £3,592.70 Annually (Actual) Thurrock Band A Point 1 - 6
Midday Assistant job summary
Midday Assistants - Fixed Term contract until 31st August 2026
Pattern of work may vary depending on the year group
Monday – Friday 12:15pm – 1:30pm
37 weeks of the year – term time only
Stanford-le-Hope Primary School is seeking two dedicated Midday Assistants to join our supportive and dynamic team. This role is essential in ensuring a safe, positive, and engaging environment for our pupils during lunchtimes. Flexibility may be required on the specific working pattern due to the differing lunch time for certain year groups.
Key Responsibilities:
- Supervise and interact with children in the playground and dining hall.
- Encourage healthy eating and good table manners.
- Escort pupils between dining and play areas.
- Provide basic first aid and maintain accurate records.
- Foster a happy, secure, and inclusive lunchtime experience.
Stanford-le-Hope Primary School is a member of the Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust. The Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, with twelve member schools within Essex. All schools in the Trust work in equal partnership and are members of the school’s Co-operative Society. Our Co-operative Values focus on enabling all students to achieve their potential both academically and as young people.
In return for your hard work, you will receive:
- 2-week October half term
- Support from highly experienced SLT members, and the wider trust network and collaboration with our other schools
- Support network for all staff including managing workloads and work-life balance
- Career progression throughout the Trust, with the ability to progress in other schools
- Recognition of continuous service
- Excellent CPD opportunities through the school and the trust
- Fully subsidised Employee Assistance Programme
- Excellent behaviour management policy to support all staff
- National Conditions of Service
- Automatic enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
If you feel you could make a positive contribution to the school, and you have the passion, drive and commitment to work with us to make all aspects of our school outstanding, please apply now or you can request a visit of the school. For more information speak to Anna Brown at hr@osborne.coop or call 01375 6489407
Stanford-le-Hope Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on our formal application form, CVs will not be accepted. This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS disclosure and satisfactory references. Osborne Co-operative Academy Trust is an equal opportunities employer. As a Trust, we recognise the value of and seek to achieve a diverse workforce. We welcome applications from all backgrounds.
Closing date: Tuesday 8th July 2025 at Midday
Interview date: Tuesday 15th July 2025
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.
About Stanford-Le-Hope Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 451 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Stanford-Le-Hope Primary School website
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