Midday Assistant (OPAL)

Theydon Bois Primary School, Epping, Essex, CM16 7DH

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  2 September 2026

• Closing date

  10 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  30 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £4,435.84 Annually (Actual) term time only, salary will be annualised and paid equally over 12 months
• Additional allowances:

  term time only, salary will be annualised and paid equally over 12 months

Midday Assistant (OPAL) job summary

We are looking for a Midday Assistant who enjoys working with children to join our friendly team of midday staff. Our aim is to make lunch times enjoyable and safe for all our children. The position is full-time and the working hours are 1 1/2 per day, from 11.45am until 1.15 pm.

Duties will include assisting children in selecting their meal in the dining hall, clearing tables and associated spillages when meals are finished and supervising children in games and activities in the playground.

Successful applicants must be able to:

• possess good communication skills

• be able to work as part of a team

• show initiative

It would be an advantage to have experience of successful and recent work-based first-aid involving primary and/or nursery age children in an education setting, but this is not essential.

Theydon Bois Primary is a popular village school with a team of committed, supportive and friendly staff who strive to ensure that our children reach their full potential within a warm and caring school community.

Epping Forest Schools Partnership Trust (EFSPT) is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. The post is subject to a successful DBS check and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before an appointment is confirmed. Online searches are conducted on all shortlisted candidates. EFSPT is committed to equality, and to making fair and equitable treatment an integral part of everything we do.

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.

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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 Theydon Bois Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 318 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Theydon Bois Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/theydon-bois-primary-school

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