Midday Assistant

The Westborough School, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, SS0 9BS

23 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as DBS check has cleared

• Closing date

  31 December 2025 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  1 July 2024

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £4,751.00 Annually (Actual)

Midday Assistant job summary

Westborough School is an exciting and vibrant place to learn and provides a happy, caring and safe environment for pupils. Our staff are brilliant and work very hard to ensure that pupils’ experience of school is a positive one which promotes a love of learning. Pupils come from a variety of cultural backgrounds; they have different religions and speak different languages. The school celebrates and values this diversity and encourages pupils to be proud of their own culture, religion and language and to show respect for those of others.

We have a commitment to providing children with rich and creative opportunities from which they can learn. Westborough has a caring ethos in which children and staff alike, feel valued and happy.

We are seeking to appoint a Midday Assistant who is reliable, friendly and motivated to join our hardworking and valued lunchtime team as soon as possible. The role will be to assist the children during lunchtime and to provide playground support and supervision, including basic medical care where necessary. You will be working both inside and outside the school buildings and you will need to work effectively as part of a team, enjoy working with children and demonstrate organisation, patience & understanding. Training, including basic first aid, will be provided where needed.

The hours are 8 ¾ hours per week. 11.45am - 1.30pm Monday- Thursday, 11.30am - 1.15pm Friday, term time only.

In return we can offer:

a friendly atmosphere and working environment

experienced and dedicated staff

a positive school ethos

polite, friendly pupils

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 The Westborough School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 451 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Westborough School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/westborough-academy

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