Midday Supervisor

St John's CofE Primary School, Wetley Rocks, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, ST9 0BN

Deadline is tomorrow

• Start date details

  TBC

• Closing date

  24 February 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  13 February 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: Scale 1 £1,363- £1,384 Pro Rata (£23,979- £24,350 FTE)

Midday Supervisor job summary

PURPOSE OF THE POST

Purpose:        

·        Supervise and ensure the safety and well-being of pupils during lunchtimes;

·        Prepare dining area before and after lunchtime;

·        Support children with indoors and outdoor play activities;

·        Work under the general director of the Senior Midday Supervisor/Headteacher;

Key tasks whilst in the dining area:

·        Assist/supervise pupils with general hygiene before and after eating lunch;

·        Organise queueing and movement of children around school and to the playground, ensuring good behaviour and a calm atmosphere;

·        Always encourage positive behaviour and good manners;

·        Encourage pupils to try new and healthy food and eat a balanced meal, including those with a packed lunch;

·        Be aware of pupils on special or restricted diets for medical reasons from information provided at the School;

·        Assist pupils with cutting up food, pouring liquids etc, where necessary;

·        Encourage social skills and good table manners

·        Ensure safety with knives and forks;

·        Ensure pupils tidy/clear up in a satisfactory manner;

·        Clean up spillages when required;

·        Deal with any basic first aid and medical support;

·        Share responsibility with other Midday Supervisors over lunchtime;

 

Key tasks whilst on the playground and around school are to:

·        Collect Pupils from classrooms;

·        Ensure pupils are appropriately dressed;

·        Supervise children and ensure they do not leave the playground without permission

·        Check on any persons without permission/School I.D

·        Interact with children, encouraging positive play and communicate with them both inside and outside in the event of wet playtimes, ensuring playground equipment is ready and available;

·        Ensure safety and wellbeing, providing emotional support where necessary;

·        Be aware of changes in friendships, encourage socialising, play & prevent bullying etc;

·        Discourage any dangerous activities;

·        Report incidents of persistent poor behaviour to the senior Midday Supervisor/Headteacher;

·        Attend to minor accidents or to pupil who become ill;

·        Report to first aid if accident occurs or if pupils fall ill;

·        Monitor pupil behaviour, deal with unacceptable or challenging behaviour appropriately and in accordance with behaviour policy or any other guidance;

·        Ensure orderly return to class at the end of lunch period, always modelling positive behaviour, and lead by example;

These are broad descriptions of the types of duties and activities expected, they are not intended to provide an exhaustive list, therefore the postholder will be expected to carry out any other duties that may reasonably be regarded as within the nature of the responsibilities and grade of this post. 

Why work for us?

• At QEGSMAT, we value the hard work and dedication of our team members, and as such we believe that progression should be a simple process. That’s why we are proud to offer an Automatic Pay Review program, rather than the traditional annual pay and performance review, as part of our comprehensive benefits package. 
• Continual access to CPD opportunities, QEGSMAT works with a large number of organisations to develop staff to fulfil their aspirations and potential. We are committed to providing first-rate training and development to all our staff within this evolving Trust.
• We are committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination, and develop community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the community.
• All roles are subject to nationally agreed terms and conditions.
• Family-Friendly policies
• All staff have access to our Employee Assistance Programme which provides confidential, independent and unbiased information and guidance 24/7. This can also include bespoke counselling sessions for staff if needed.
• All roles are subject to nationally agreed terms and conditions of service.
• Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with employer contributions of 26.2% for Staffordshire support staff.
• Opportunity to work flexibly.
• Access to Flu Vaccines.

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.

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About St John's CofE Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 180 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
• School website: St John's CofE Primary School website (opens in new tab)
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We are a small rural school located in a picturesque setting in the village of Wetley Rocks. Our school caters for children from the age of 4-11 years taught in single age classes and the majority of our pupils transfer at the age of 11 to the local High School, Moorside High School, Cellarhead.

Standards at our school are extremely high both academically and through our extra-curricular provision. Academically we are at least in line with the Local Authority and national and in most areas we are above. Through our extra-curricular provision we are committed to developing young people in many ways; all our children have the opportunity to learn the ocarina in curriculum time plus peripatetic music teachers visit school to provide violin, guitar, drum, ukulele and keyboard tuition. Our sports calendar is extremely full and our teams successfully represent their school in competitive sports throughout the year. There is an on-site Governor run Nursery and we also offer Before and After school club provision for our pupils.

Choosing the right education for your child is one of the most important things you will do for them. At St John’s we believe that education is not just a preparation for life – education is life itself! We are extremely proud of all of our children and our committed, caring and talented staff enjoy working with them each day helping them to flourish. Why not visit us and see for yourself our school in action. You will always be made very welcome.

Proud to be part of the QEGSMAT.

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