Midday Assistant
Poplar Street Primary School, Manchester, M34 5EF14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Once all relevant checks have been completed
Closing date
26 March 2025 at 9am
Date listed
11 March 2025
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time: 1 hour and 15 minutes per day, Monday to Friday . Term time only
Contract type
- Permanent
Actual salary
- 3515.00
What skills and experience we're looking for
The Trustees at Victorious Academies Trust would like to appoint a Midday Assistant at Poplar Street Primary School, Ravenwood Drive, Audenshaw, Manchester, M34 5EF.
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.
To start March 2025 or as soon as possible thereafterMidday Assistant full time Salary £23,656This is permanent, part-time 6.25 hours per week, Term Time Only with an actual salary £3,515 (TMBC Grade A Point 2)
Midday Assistants assist pupils during the lunch break, working as part of a team, including supervising welfare, behaviour and safety, ensuring a clean and tidy environment, controlling pupil behaviour in line with the Academy’s behaviour policy, dealing with any misbehaviour and liaising with the teaching staff accordingly, responsibility for attending to pupils who may be sick or injured and raising any concerns in terms of welfare and safety to the Headteacher.
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 at 09:00 on Wednesday 26th March 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 Friday 28th March 2025
If you have any queries about the Trust, the roles, about the completion of the application form or for an informal discussion please e-mail Mandy Hutchings atm.hutchings@poplarstreet.tameside.sch.uk. The application form should be completed and returned to us either in hard copy to Poplar Street Primary School, Ravenwood Drive, Audenshaw, Manchester, M34 5EF or electronically via e-mail tom.hutchings@poplarstreet.tameside.sch.uk.
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.
All support staff roles within our Trust have a probationary period of three months.
All posts require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
For more information on the Trust's Safer Recruitment and Privacy Policies go to https://www.victoriousacademies.org/ouracademies/vacancies/
What the school offers its staff
The Trustees at Victorious Academies Trust would like to appoint a Midday Assistant at Poplar Street Primary School, Ravenwood Drive, Audenshaw, Manchester, M34 5EF.
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.
To start March 2025 or as soon as possible thereafterMidday Assistant full time Salary £23,656This is permanent, part-time 6.25 hours per week, Term Time Only with an actual salary £3,515 (TMBC Grade A Point 2)
Midday Assistants assist pupils during the lunch break, working as part of a team, including supervising welfare, behaviour and safety, ensuring a clean and tidy environment, controlling pupil behaviour in line with the Academy’s behaviour policy, dealing with any misbehaviour and liaising with the teaching staff accordingly, responsibility for attending to pupils who may be sick or injured and raising any concerns in terms of welfare and safety to the Headteacher.
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 at 09:00 on Wednesday 26th March 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 Friday 28th March 2025
If you have any queries about the Trust, the roles, about the completion of the application form or for an informal discussion please e-mail Mandy Hutchings atm.hutchings@poplarstreet.tameside.sch.uk. The application form should be completed and returned to us either in hard copy to Poplar Street Primary School, Ravenwood Drive, Audenshaw, Manchester, M34 5EF or electronically via e-mail tom.hutchings@poplarstreet.tameside.sch.uk.
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. Therole described involves working with children and/or young people and is subject to Victorious Academies Trust’s Safer Recruitment Process.
All support staff roles within our Trust have a probationary period of three months.
All posts require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
For more information on the Trust's Safer Recruitment and Privacy Policies go to https://www.victoriousacademies.org/ouracademies/vacancies/
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
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CVs are not accepted.
About Poplar Street Primary School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 456 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Poplar Street Primary School website
- Email address
- m.hutchings@poplarstreet.tameside.sch.uk
School location
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