28 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    16 January 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    19 December 2025

Important

This teaching role is at more than one school in the trust. You can find out more in schools overview.

Job details

Job role

  • Learning support or cover supervisor

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time: 6.25 hours per week (Monday to Friday either 11.45am – 1.00pm or 12.00pm – 1.15pm) Term Time Only NJC02 £12.65 per hour

Contract type

Permanent

Hourly rate

£12.65

What skills and experience we're looking for

Main Role and Responsibilities:

  • Work alongside other key members of staff including Teaching Assistant/s and class teachers in order to best understand and support the specific needs of the children
  • Supervise toileting and washroom activity
  • Escort children to and from the dining hall or alternative place that meal is to be eaten
  • Supervise collection of meals and assist with the use of cutlery/opening packaging
  • Assist children to eat their meal, if necessary – encouraging independence wherever possible
  • Assist pupils when returning used plates, trays, cutlery, glasses/beakers an/or lunchbox
  • Encourage the use of good manners, e.g. please and thank you
  • Supervise classroom and outside activities encouraging inclusion
  • Ensure orderly return to the classroom
  • Get to know pupils’ name, praise and use positive reinforcement to encourage appropriate behaviours,
  • Attend to minor accidents and/or attend to pupils who become unwell (in accordance with school policy and procedure)
  • Report to Senior MDS if accident occurs or if pupils fall ill
  • Monitor pupil behaviour, intervening as necessary in accordance with the school behaviour policy and/or the child’s Individual Education Plan (IEP)/Pastoral Support Program
  • Report to Senior MDS any breaches of school rules
  • Encourage pupils to engage in appropriate play and other games in the classrooms, playground or school field
  • Model and lead games which encourage all children to take an active part at some point during play time
  • Use a range of games, poems, songs and stories suitable for the age range during wet and at other times when the lunch group needs to be brought together
  • Follow specific guidance detailed by professionals and/or those included on the child’s IEP and/or Pastoral Support Program

Other duties and responsibilities:

This job description sets out the duties and responsibilities of the post at the time it was drawn up. Such duties and responsibilities may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed. The post holder will have a shared responsibility for the safeguarding of all children and young people. The post holder has an implicit duty to promote the welfare of all children and young people.



What the school offers its staff

Why work for Henry Hinde School?

  • We are an Ofsted rated Good average sized infant and junior school committed to supporting all members of the school community to succeed
  • We enjoy an excellent reputation in our local community
  • You’ll be working within a team of passionate, committed colleagues who genuinely support each other, and as part of our Trust family of colleagues where the sharing of expertise in the norm.
  • Excellent opportunities to professionally develop and grow in the successful and expanding Transforming Lives Educational Trust, a growing Multi-academy Trust based within the local community.

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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About the schools

Type
Multi-academy trust
Email address
careers@tlet.org.uk
Phone number
01788593900

At Transforming Lives Educational Trust, we want to change the future.

Our academies are places where staff thrive and children flourish, equipped for a world of possibilities, and ready to make a difference to others.

We believe that nothing compares to the transformative power of learning and its singular ability to broaden horizons, deepen perspectives, and extend potential. We know that the very best schooling unlocks the doors of the future, and that all children deserve the best daily deal, every day.

We believe in the dedication and talent of our staff, who deliver greatness in every corner of our Trust. This inspires us to make sure we take the very best care of them, as well as the children and young people in our academies.

Our family of primary and secondary academies work together to provide the best start for our children and young people, and our Trust is the natural home for forward-thinking and innovative practice, led by dedicated and talented staff.

As a successful and growing family of academies, we have developed the size and scope to be far more than the sum of our parts. Please visit our website at www.tlet.org.uk where you can get a sense of our inspiration, drive, and culture.

School Details

School type
Academy, ages 7 to 11
Education phase
Primary school
School size
241 pupils enrolled
Age range
7 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

School type
Academy, ages 4 to 7
Education phase
Primary school
School size
144 pupils enrolled
Age range
4 to 7
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

School locations

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