Midday Assistant
Gunton Primary Academy, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 4LX8 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible (pending safer recruitment checks)
Closing date
17 October 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
3 October 2024
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £22,366.00 Annually (FTE) NJC England & Wales 37, SCP 2 FTE £22,366, 10 hours 50 minutes per weeks, term time only
Midday Assistant job summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic Midday Assistant to join our collaborative and growing Academy team at Gunton Primary Academy. You need to be committed to providing children with a safe and enjoyable lunchtime period. You will assist with pupils’ table manners and use of cutlery and will also be responsible for coordinating a range of interactive play activities, administering minor first aid and ensuring the welfare and safety of the pupils.
As a Midday Assistant, you will be passionate about ensuring the best outcomes for children and giving them every opportunity to succeed. Every child is respected and treated as an individual, with no limits placed on their learning – just opportunities to continually improve. We give all children the opportunity to challenge themselves through a range of tasks and activities – empowering children to take ownership and responsibility for their own learning.
In particular, successful candidates should have:
Experience of working with young children
Basic understanding of child development and learning
Enthusiasm and dedication to caring and supporting pupils’ lunch time activities
You should be:
A responsible and reliable person
Confident in dealing with young people, maintaining discipline and motivation
Able to relate well to pupils and adults
In turn, we can offer you:
Great facilities to create a vibrant, stimulating learning environment for children
A supportive Leadership team who will encourage innovation and initiative
A wider network within REAch2 Academy Trust of support, exceptional practice and excellent CPD
If you feel you have all the necessary attributes, are highly motivated, committed to making a positive difference to children’s lives and want to be part of creating a legacy for the future - then we'd love to hear from you!
For further information about the role come and visit our school! To book your visit or for an informal discussion, please contact the school office. School visits are encouraged but are by appointment only.
Why work with us
There are over 60 schools within the Trust which means we can offer opportunities including:
▶️Collaboration across other REAch2 schools, both locally and nationally.
▶️ Specialist curriculum support and training from our Trust experts - providing a flightpath for professional development
▶️ A support package for staff wellbeing
You’ll be working for a Trust with big ambitions for all our schools to be 'great'. We want to be national leaders in sustainability; to transform our teaching and learning through digital transformation and to ensure social justice is at the heart of what we do.
Safeguarding, Safer Recruitment and Data Protection
At REAch2 we recognise that those who work in an academy are in a unique position in their care of children. The responsibility for all staff to safeguard pupils and promote their welfare, as stated in Section 175 of the Education Act (2002) is one that is central to our ethos, our policies and our actions. All children are deserving of the highest levels of care and safeguarding, regardless of their individual characteristics or circumstances, and we are committed to applying our policies to ensure effective levels of safeguarding and care are afforded to all our pupils.
We will seek to recruit the best applicant for the job based on the abilities, qualifications, experience as measured against the job description and person specification. The recruitment and selection of staff will be conducted in a professional, timely and responsive manner and in compliance with current employment legislation, and relevant safeguarding legislation and statutory guidance. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be requested for all successful candidates, including a Children's Barred List check if the role meets the criteria for regulated activity.
For more information about our safer recruitment processes, please click here for our Safer Recruitment Policy.
All information is stored securely and any information supplied by unsuccessful candidates will be destroyed through a confidential waste system six months after the decision has been communicated, in accordance with our information and records retention policy.
The Trust ensures all applicant data is stored and processed appropriately. For further details on how your information will be managed during the recruitment process please refer to our Privacy Notice for Job Applications.
Commitment to safeguarding
Gunton Primary Academy is proud of its safeguarding ethos and culture. We are totally committed to the safeguarding and welfare of all children, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS disclosure will be sought through the Criminal Records Bureau as part of the Academy’s pre-employment checks.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Gunton Primary Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- View all Primaryjobs
- School size
- 324 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Gunton Primary Academy website (opens in new tab)
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a successful, vibrant, popular and happy school that is part of a large, dynamic and supportive Trust. You will be joining a school that has children from Nursery age all the way through to Year 6. We are very much an integral part of the local community, with great relationships with our families, community groups and other local schools. Our facilities are well-maintained and we have long-term financial stability and sustainability. For the last 10 years we have been over-subscribed and many parents have actively chosen to transfer their children to us if and when a space occurs.
Our ethos is very child-centered and, like our Trust, we constantly strive to provide our children with exceptional opportunities, not just within the classroom but also in the wider curriculum of our school.
There are 3 key parts of our ethos: Grow, Persevere and Aspire. These encapsulate our purpose in preparing our children for a life of learning and to grow into confident, positive, responsible members of modern British society.
Our staff team is very friendly, skilled, experienced and highly-committed. We want someone to join us who believes that going that extra mile and making a difference to children’s life chances is a pleasure.
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