Midday Assistant

Larchwood Primary School, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 9NG

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible following satisfactory safer recruitment checks

• Closing date

  1 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £2,877.74 - £2,966.47 Annually (Actual) Essex Scale 1, Point 3 to Scale 2, Point 5. Annual FTE salary of £24,796 to £25,583 (pro rata) plus £729 Outer Fringe Allowance (OFA)

Midday Assistant job summary

Midday Assistant - 5 hours per week (term time - 38 weeks)

We are looking for an enthusiastic, hardworking and dependable team member to supervise and maintain the safety and welfare of our pupils during the lunchtime period.

You will be:

• Reliable
• Approachable
• Fair
• Positive
• Committed

Larchwood Primary School is a highly successful and popular two-form entry primary school located in Pilgrim's Hatch, Brentwood. Our mission statement is all about 'Achievement and Enjoyment'. We want our children to do well at school, reaching their potential while enjoying their primary years. A positive and inclusive lunchtime experience is a key part of that!

Our children are fab! They are well behaved, enjoy coming to school and are ready and willing to learn, leaving Larchwood ready for secondary school. Staff are dedicated, skilled, friendly and work well as part of a team.

If this sounds like something you would be interested in, please apply online or contact the school for more information.

Take a look at our website to get a feel for our school - or Find us on X (formerly Twitter) here or Instagram.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Appointment will be subject to safer recruitment checks, including satisfactory references, pre-employment medical check and an enhanced DBS check.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early upon appointment of a successful applicant. Your normal place of work is at Larchwood Primary School. Discovery Educational Trust reserves the right to require you to work at any other of its establishments, whether on a temporary or permanent basis according to the needs of the employer.

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 Larchwood Primary School

• School type: Academies, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 419 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Larchwood Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/larchwood-primary-school

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