Midday Meals Assistant

Roebuck Academy, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG2 8RG

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  12 October 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  29 September 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: £24,955.00 - £26,806.00 Annually (FTE)

Midday Meals Assistant job summary

. Purpose of the job

Prepare the dining room for school lunches and clear away afterwards.

Supervise pupils whilst they eat lunch.

Interact with pupils through play and supervise them during their lunchtime.

2. Main areas of responsibility

Prepare the layout of the tables in preparation for lunch including laying up tables.

Supervise the pupils when they are in the dining room eating lunch.

Clear up the dining room after the lunch break including clearing any food and wrapping left on the tables and wiping the tables and sweeping the floor.

Interacting with pupils through play and supervising them whilst they are on the playground or in the classroom during their lunchtime.

3. Supervision

Supervised on a daily basis by the Senior Supervisory Assistant on duty.

4. Job context

Working with supervisory assistants and catering staff to ensure that the school lunch breaks start and finish on time.

Ensuring that pupils have either a cooked or packed lunch and supervising the pupils over the lunch period.

Cleaning tables and floor area and setting up/tidying away any equipment used in the dining room.

Ensuring that pupils are safe and play well during their lunch period.

Interacting with children and leading them in games during their lunch period.

5. Contacts

Senior Supervisory Assistant

Midday Supervisory Assistants and other teaching and support staff

Pupils

Catering staff

6. Knowledge, experience and training

Experience of working in an environment where there are children and young people would be desirable but not necessary.

Knowledge of basic hygiene procedures.

7. Problems and decisions

Sometimes troublesome behaviour from pupils which is reported to the Senior Supervisory Assistant.

Occasionally a child may feel unwell during lunch and need help and this is also reported to the Senior Supervisory Assistant if necessary.

8. Finance and resources

The hourly rate of pay is based on the full-time salary for the post divided by 52.142 weeks per year, then divided by 8.45 hours per week.

10. Physical effort

Moving and carrying dining tables and chairs at the beginning and end of the shift.

Using play equipment with pupils during interactive play.

11. Working environment

This work is done indoors and outdoors.

12. Review of duties

The specific duties attached to any individual member of staff are subject to annual review and may, after discussion with the staff member, be changed.

It is not always possible to define completely the duties and responsibilities attached to posts and some variations may be necessary from time to time.

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 Roebuck Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 452 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Roebuck Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/roebuck-academy

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