Midday Assistant

Inspire Academy, Tameside, OL6 9RU

5 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  2 July 2025

• Closing date

  21 July 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  2 July 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: £5,623

Midday Assistant job summary

The Trustees at Victorious Academies Trust would like to appoint a Midday Assistant at Inspire Academy, Mossley Road, Ashton-Under-Lyne, OL6 9RU.

Inspire is a two-form entry school with 71 staff and 443 pupils aged between 3 and 11. Inspire’s school values are Inspiring, Discovering, Caring, Improving and Achieving.

Details about the role:

To start 1st September 2025

Midday Assistant full-time Salary £23,656

The role is permanent, part-time 10 hours per week, Term Time Only -Plus Inset Days

With an actual salary - £5,623, (Grade A Point 2)

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.

Thank you for your interest in the role of Midday Assistant at Inspire Academy.

We are seeking a Midday Assistant to start with us in September 2025

10 hours per week (11.30am – 1.30pm)

During the lunchtime period, the applicant will supervise children both in the dining hall and the playground. First aid experience is desirable but not essential.

The right candidate will be:

• Committed to raising standards, ensuring children achieve their full potential in acquiring the essential skills needed.

• Adaptable and able to work on their own initiative.

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 @ 09:00am on Monday 21st July 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 22nd July 2025

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.

We would remind you our offer of employment is conditional upon the receipt of satisfactory references, full enhanced DBS Check with child barring, production of relevant academic and professional qualifications and documentary evidence of your right to work in the UK.

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 Inspire Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 432 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Inspire Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/inspire-academy

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