Midday Assistant

Sandymoor Ormiston Academy, Runcorn, Cheshire, WA7 1QU

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  27 September 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  19 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £5,675.37 Annually (Actual) 5 days per week - 2 hours per day (12:25pm - 14:25pm. (£12.65/Hr)

Midday Assistant job summary

Work where it matters most, achieve what matters more.

Be part of a team where passion meets purpose, as we work together where the challenge is greatest to change the lives and build the futures of children and young people.

We are pleased to offer an opportunity for a Midday Supervisor to join our friendly team. Our Midday Supervisors have an essential role in ensuring our students’ whole lunchtime experience is as positive as possible while maintaining good order. If you are resilient, caring, and have good communication skills we can offer all the training and support you need.

You will supervise students in the dining hall, outside areas and/or school premises. You will need to be vigilant, to notice and reward good behaviour, and to respond calmly yet quickly and assertively to developing situations.

The role is based on working 5 days per week, 2 hours per day (12:25 - 14:25). You will supervise students -in the dining hall, outside areas and/or school premises.

Being a smaller school, we know our students inside-out and always put them at the heart of our decisions. We work exceptionally hard to provide a student-centred, personalised, and innovative learning environment preparing our students with the character and leadership skills to lead happy, healthy, and successful futures. We are firmly dedicated to our values of social action, ambition, pride, and resilience which emanate through our academy on a daily basis.

Why Work for Ormiston?

Our vision is to create a school system where every child thrives, regardless of background. Our people are at the heart of our approach - they are our greatest asset.

We exist to provide the best learning opportunities every day, in every school for every child. It is the people and teams in our Trust who make this a reality and ensure we have the greatest impact. If you join us at Ormiston, whatever your role, your work will have purpose and meaning.

Ormiston, where every member of staff enjoys…

• The opportunity to build on the legacy of those who came before - being part of one of the longest standing Trusts, created with the sole purpose of enabling children and young people to thrive

• Working for a Trust nationally recognised for its impact on disadvantaged children - a rewarding, stimulating career where staff are challenged to be the best they can be, for the pupils we are proud to serve

• Being part of a team and community where you belong - being part of a well-resourced and ambitious network of experts and professionals that work at the heart of communities

• A supportive environment to grow your career - an extensive professional development programme, alongside flexible working arrangements and generous benefits

If you want to work with a great team of staff and students, and feel that you have the right skills, please apply before the closing date of 26 September - we reserve the right to close the vacancy earlier so would encourage you to apply soon.

Sandymoor Ormiston Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share in this commitment. Ormiston Academies Trust embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Flexible working opportunities will be considered.

All successful appointments will be subject to suitability checks in accordance with KCSIE, including identity, Right to Work, qualifications, online searches, prohibition check, two references and enhanced DBS check including Children’s Barred List.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Guidance on the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Exceptions Order 1975, which provides information about which convictions must be declared during job applications and related exceptions, can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974

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 Sandymoor Ormiston Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 599 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Sandymoor Ormiston Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sandymoor-ormiston-academy

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