Midday Assistant
Hazel Grove Primary School, Stockport, Cheshire, SK7 4JH18 days remaining to apply
Job start date
7 December 2026
Closing date
3 November 2026 at 9am
Date listed
16 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Learning support or cover supervisor
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full time equivalent salary
- £13.51 per hour
Midday Assistant job summary
Are you passionate about supporting children and creating a safe, positive environment where they can thrive?
We are seeking a caring, reliable and enthusiastic Midday Assistant to join our dedicated team. This is a rewarding opportunity to play a key role in ensuring pupils enjoy a safe, engaging and enjoyable lunchtime experience.
As a Midday Assistant, you will supervise pupils during lunch in both the dining hall and outdoor play areas, encouraging positive behaviour, supporting play activities and helping to maintain a welcoming environment for all children. You will work closely with colleagues to ensure pupils' wellbeing, safety and happiness throughout the lunchtime period.
If you would like to join our Laurus family in a rewarding role that changes the lives of our pupils by empowering them to become the best that they can be then we would love to hear from you.
This position is contracted on a 5 hours per week Term Time Only basis. This means you will mainly work when the school is open to pupils and will not need to work during the school holidays unless the contract requires you to do so.
Job Purpose
- To provide supervision of pupils during the lunchtime period both in the dining area and during playground activities.
Key Skills & Experience
- Experience working in a school environment would be advantageous.
- Ideally possess prior experience within a similar role.
To learn more about what the Trust offer, including our wide range of employee benefits and access to further professional learning, visit our Careers page. At the Laurus Trust, we value the significance of a healthy work/life balance for our employees. Achieving a better balance can boost motivation and morale, lower stress levels, enhance performance and productivity, and make job opportunities more inclusive. Whenever feasible, we are committed to offering flexible arrangements from the very start, which could include options like part-time roles, term-time working, Job-sharing and compressed hours.
Please note a full application must be submitted as CV’s will unfortunately not be accepted in line with our safer recruitment process.
We reserve the right to interview prior to the closing date.
Disability Confident Employer
We value diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We are an inclusive employer and welcome all applications. Disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria on the person specification will be guaranteed an interview. If you require any reasonable adjustments for an interview, please highlight this to our Recruitment Team in advance.
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.
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 Hazel Grove Primary School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- Size
- 365 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
Our Mission Statement is ‘Learn Together, Learn Forever’ and this is demonstrated through our vision in the following ways:
Love of learning - A safe place where children enjoy learning with their friends and peers because children learn best when they are having fun!
Excellent teaching - Through excellent teaching and positive relationships, children are skillfully guided to discover things that excite and intrigue them and the teachers also learn alongside their pupils.
Raising Aspirations - Children are inspired to be something greater then they ever thought possible and challenged to dream big dreams!
Partnering with Community - Parents are actively involved with their children's learning as partners within an inclusive and dynamic community.
Hazel Grove Primary School converted to academy status and became a proud member of the Laurus Trust in September 2024. We echo the Trust’s Vision and continue to strive “for everyone, regardless of background or circumstance, to be inspired, to thrive in all environments, to recognise what it takes to succeed, to set aspirational goals and to work hard to achieve them.”
Professional Development
We attach huge importance to continued Professional Learning and recognise that, in the exciting and ever-changing environment in which we work, we are all learners and are constantly looking for ways to improve our practice.
Our comprehensive programme of in-house Professional Learning comprises weekly pedagogy-based sessions for both teaching and non-teaching staff.
Being part of a Multi Academy Trust enables our staff to work across schools and phases. Not only does this broaden their experience, it opens up a wider range of leadership opportunities.
As a Trust we actively develop our teachers through nationally accredited programmes such as the NPQ's and many of our staff have completed courses at Masters level.
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