Midday Assistant

Greenside Primary School, Manchester, M43 7RA

8 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  6 November 2025

• Closing date

  14 November 2025 at 9pm

• Date listed

  6 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time, full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £2,902

Midday Assistant job summary

The Trustees at Victorious Academies Trust would like to appoint a Midday Assistant at Greenside Primary School, Greenside Lane, Droylsden, M43 7RA.

Our Trust’s vision is to support young people to develop the aspiration, motivation and to be successful; we have high ambitions for all young people in our academies and all roles at our academy are central to ensuring that we work to support this.

Details about the role:

To start November 2025

Midday Assistant full-time Salary £24,413

The role is permanent, part-time 5 hours per week, Term Time Only

With an actual salary £2,902 (Grade A Point 2)

Greenside Primary School are seeking to appoint a willing, enthusiastic and caring Midday Assistant to supervise, help and play with pupils during the lunchtime break in the playground, classroom and dining areas of the school.

You should have a kind, caring and patient approach to the pupils and be friendly but firm.

Previous experience of working with children is desirable.

For more details about the role please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.

For more details about our Trust and our schools please see attached Trust Recruitment Pack.

The proposed timescale for the selection and interview process is as follows:

• Applications close at 09:00 on Friday 14th November 2025 although the Trust reserve the right to close the process early if suitable candidates are identified through our selection process.

• Interviews will take place on Tuesday 18th November 2025

• Visits to the school are encouraged and warmly welcomed.

Victorious Academies Trust has a commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and/or young people. We have robust processes and procedures to reduce risk and continuously promote a positive culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. The role described involves working with children and/or young people and is subject to Victorious Academies Trust’s Safer Recruitment Process.

All support staff roles within our Trust have a probationary period of three months.

All posts require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

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 Greenside Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 456 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Greenside Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/greenside-primary-school-m43-7ra

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