19 days remaining to apply

  • Job start date

    4 November 2024

  • Closing date

    16 October 2024 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    27 September 2024

Job details

Job role

  • Other support roles

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Fixed term - July 2025

Actual salary

Grade 1, £23,113 - £23,772 per annum, pro rata

What skills and experience we're looking for

About The Role

Salary: Grade 1, £23,113 - £23,772 per annum. Approximately £6,161 - £6,337 per annum (0.26657 FTE)

Please Note - this is a fixed-term contact until July 2025, please see JD for further information.

Come and join Avanti Court Primary as a Midday Supervisor and support our students during breaks and provide them with the support required to enable them to reach their full potential.

Avanti Court is a vibrant primary school, which welcomes pupils and staff of all faiths and backgrounds.

The staff at Avanti Court Primary School are passionate about our school and are relentlessly focused on improving the achievement and opportunities for all our pupils. All staff that work at our school subscribe to our ethos and values and seek to improve and develop their own practice and performance for the benefit of our children. This is a unique opportunity to work in a school which is driven by three key elements for both children and staff:

  • Educational excellence
  • Character formation
  • Spiritual insight

We believe in high expectations, challenge and support to enable our children to understand and develop into the best version of themselves. Through professional development, we support our staff to excel in creating a highly successful learning environment, we are an ambitious team who strive to ensure that all children enjoy learning and surpass expectations.

School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.

What will you do?

  • Supervise the children at all times during lunchtime on the school premises.
  • Ensure that the children are behaving appropriately in line with the schools’ behaviour policy at all times including the dining room, playground and during wet lunch times.
  • Engage with the children and ensure that they are active in purposeful and co-operative behaviour throughout the lunchtime period.
  • In the event of any injuries or sickness making sure they are dealt with according to the school’s policy.

What are we looking for?

  • You will enjoy a challenge and be able to motivate and improve a growing school
  • Are passionate about being a Midday Supervisor
  • Are resourceful, vibrant
  • Are committed to their own professional development
  • Will show commitment to the school’s values
  • You want to be part of a school which is on a journey to excellence
  • Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.


What the school offers its staff

Why should you apply

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.

You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:

  • Great opportunities for professional development through the Avanti Institute and our family of schools
  • Pension scheme subject to eligibility criteria
  • O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
  • Flexible working opportunities
  • Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
  • Access to multiple well-being programmes (Weekend Retreats, Yoga Classes and Apps)
  • Cycle-to-work and Electric Vehicle Lease Schemes

Further details about the role

Pre-employment checks

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.

Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics.

Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.

Commitment to safeguarding

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.

Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Applying for the job

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About Avanti Court Primary School

School type
Academy, Hindu, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
View all Primaryjobs
School size
647 pupils enrolled
Age range
3 to 11

Avanti Court Primary School is an Academy for children aged 3–11. The school is a three-form entry, mixed primary school with an attached nursery with over 600 children on roll.

Avanti Schools support each person’s life journey along three parallel paths: Educational excellence; Character formation; and Spiritual insight.

Avanti’s unique ethos places a key emphasis on each individual’s wellbeing and good mental health. Children with higher levels of emotional, behavioural, social, and school wellbeing, on average, have higher levels of academic achievement and are more engaged in the school community. All our schools share a dedicated approach to wellbeing, from providing yoga and mindfulness sessions, sports and exercise, charity work, and working with parents and carers as co-educators.

Arranging a visit to Avanti Court Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email careers@avanti.org.uk.

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