Midday Assistant - Hatchside Infants and Juniors
Hatchside School, Ilford, IG2 7SR3 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
3 November 2025 at 9am
Date listed
8 October 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
- £5,012.91 - £5,083.30 Annually (Actual) OUTL1C, points 2-3. (£28,220 - £28,616 FTE) 7.5 hours per week, term time only (44.46 weeks)
Midday Assistant - Hatchside Infants and Juniors job summary
Be a Lunchtime Champion!
Join Astrum Multi Academy Trust as a Midday Assistant
Are you a caring and dependable individual who enjoys working with children and making a positive impact in their day? Are you looking for a fulfilling part-time role where your support truly matters?
If so, we’d love to welcome you to our team at Hatchside School!
About the Role
As a Midday Assistant, you’ll play a key role in supporting pupils with complex needs during the lunchtime period. You’ll help create a safe, inclusive, and engaging environment—supporting mealtime routines, encouraging social interaction, and assisting with personal care where needed.
This is a rewarding opportunity to contribute to the wellbeing and development of our pupils in a meaningful way.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Supervising pupils during lunch in the dining hall, playground, and across the school
- Assisting with feeding programmes and personal care needs
- Encouraging positive behaviour and independence
- Supporting play activities and pupil engagement
- Escorting pupils safely around the school
- Promoting health, safety, and safeguarding at all times
What We’re Looking For
- A friendly, patient, and positive attitude
- Ability to work well in a team and communicate effectively with children
- Willingness to learn and attend training
- Reliability, trustworthiness, and a commitment to safeguarding
- No formal qualifications required—just the right mindset and heart
Ready to make a real difference at lunchtime?
Apply now and help us create a safe, supportive, and enriching environment for our amazing pupils.
For more information about Hatchside School, please visit www.astrum-mat.org and follow the link to the Hatchside School website https://www.hatchside-school.org/
Why Join Us?
At Astrum MAT, we believe in empowering everyone and achieving together. You’ll be part of a supportive, inclusive community that values your contribution and offers opportunities for growth and development.
- Employee Assistance & Wellbeing Programme
- Generous Pension Schemes
- Family-friendly working policies
- Extensive support and development opportunities
- Refer a friend scheme
- Free onsite parking
- Free tea and coffee
- Great location close to TfL Elizabeth and Central Lines
And more…
Astrum values diversity, inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff, and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships. We celebrate and embrace unique individuality, background and heritage.
We are a ‘Disability Confident Employer’ and all our application forms hide your personal information so we can focus solely on your experience, skills and qualities.
We believe in fostering a work environment that supports work-life balance. We are open to flexible working arrangements, including remote work, flexible hours, and part-time opportunities.
Astrum is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to actively share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches, in line with Safer Recruitment guidance and the need to maintain a safe culture.
We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the advert closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Astrum Multi Academy Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and anyone applying to work at the school is expected to share this commitment.
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 Hatchside School
- School type
- Free School, ages 2 to 7
- School size
- 70 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 7
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Hatchside School opened in April 2021 as a new 64 place special school, in response to the growing numbers of pupils requiring specialist placements. It’s curriculum and practice are founded on the principles of early intervention and assessment, particularly as pupils are currently aged 2-7 (EYFS/KS1). We admit pupils who have severe and profound learning difficulties with a range of special educational needs including; Sensory impairments/Autistic spectrum disorders/associated behaviours/physical and medical needs. The school serves a multi ethnic population, which reflects the diversity of the borough and East London.
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