Midday Assistant

The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls, Romford, Essex, RM1 2RR

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  7 November 2025 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  24 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £3,945.00 - £4,001.00 Annually (Actual) 6 hrs per week (1 hr & 10 mins per day), 38 weeks per year - £28,221 to £28,617 per annum full time equivalent

Midday Assistant job summary

At LIFE Education Trust our Mission is 'To build great learning communities where children flourish’. To accomplish our mission, we keep our 3 core beliefs at the heart of everything we do: CourageousOptimism,Boundless Creativity and Heartfelt Compassion. We support our schools in delivering excellent pupil outcomes, creating vibrant, exciting environments, and offering rewarding careers for employees.

To help us with this, we are looking to appoint a Midday Assistant to join our team and be responsible for maintaining the safety, welfare and good conduct of the students during the lunch break between the morning and afternoon teaching sessions.

The successful candidate will:

• Have excellent communication skills
• Be professional, approachable and caring.
• Have first aid knowledge - preferred but not essential.
• Enjoy working with young people - experience preferred but not essential

• Share our passion and commitment to building great learning communities for our students.
• Be able to work as part of a team

The successful candidate will become part of an oversubscribed, successful girls’ school for 11 to 18 year-olds, with an ethos rooted in female empowerment, and dedicated colleagues who strive for excellence. The school is committed to providing the best learning opportunities for students in, a safe, secure and friendly environment with "Confident, courteous and articulate students".

In return we can offer you:

• Welcoming and friendly colleagues.
• A stimulating and welcoming learning environment with excellent facilities, including our purpose-built wellbeing centre, a farm, an art gallery and our own railway.
• Strong links with girls' schools in the UK and abroad through the International Coalition of Girls’ Schools (ICGS).
• Increased priority in admissions to our school for your child/ren.
• Close proximity to the M25, Romford Railway Station (Elizabeth Line) and a main bus route

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

At LIFE Education Trust, we prioritise the safety and welfare of our students. All staff and volunteers are expected to share our commitment to safeguarding children from abuse.
Our schools comply with the 'Keeping Children Safe in Education' guidelines, which require shortlisted candidates to submit a self-declaration of their criminal record before an interview.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and an enhanced DBS disclosure check is mandatory for the successful applicant.

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 The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1393 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-frances-bardsley-academy-for-girls

The Frances Bardsley Academy for Girls is a non-denominational academy secondary school and sixth form for girls aged between 11 and 18. It is located in Romford in the borough of Havering, London. The number of pupils is approximately 1,300.

The school was established in 1906 by Frances Bardsley with the aim of providing free education to the local girls. Formerly across two different sites until 2003, it became The Frances Bardsley School for Girls in 1972 and converted to academy status in 2012.

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