Midday Supervisor

E-ACT The Grange School, Daventry, Northamptonshire, NN11 4HW

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  5 January 2026

• Closing date

  5 December 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 November 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: £4,240.82 Annually (FTE) MDSA role, 7.5 hours per week. 38 weeks per year, Scale point 2

Midday Supervisor job summary

E-ACT The Grange School | Dream, Believe, Achieve

E-ACT The Grange School is an inclusive school committed to nurturing every student's potential. Our dedicated staff set high academic and social expectations, providing a supportive and stimulating environment for students to thrive. 

We have high expectations of our children both academically and socially. We are a lively, exciting and well-resourced school with a caring ethos. We offer a wide range of experiences and opportunities to the children both during the working day and after school. In return, we expect the children to work very hard and always give their best. The children at E-ACT The Grange School are hardworking, well behaved and polite and a delight to work with.

Discover more: https://www.thegrange.northants.sch.uk/web/

Join us in Opening Minds, Opening Doors!

Are you ready to join a vibrant educational community where every child is empowered to flourish and every colleague is supported to thrive? At our academy, we are passionate about developing the whole child through a nurturing, inclusive, and ambitious culture. With a strong people-first ethos, we invest in our staff just as much as our pupils, recognising that great teaching starts with great support. If you're driven by purpose and want to make a lasting impact, we would love to welcome you.

The Grange are looking for a Mid-day Supervisor Assistant to work as part of a team supervising pupils during the school lunch break, which includes attending to their welfare and domestic needs.

Key responsibilities:

• Supervision of pupils immediately before, during and after the mid-day meal. This includes provision for children who bring sandwiches.
• Supervision of hand washing and toileting by pupils deemed necessary by the Headteacher.
• Supervision of pupils’ entry and exit form the dining area, including supervision of pupils during nay journey or walk to the dining room.
• Supervision of pupils in the playground under the direction of the Lead Pastoral Practitioner.
• Taking such steps as necessary when children are sick. Attending to their needs when in distress and reporting the situation to the relevant member of staff.
  

Pay range: NJC 2 £4240.82 - FTE £24,413.00 - 7.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year

Qualifications and Skills:

• Minimum of 5 GCSEs grade 4-9 including Maths and English (or equivalent)
• Current First Aid qualification (or willing to work towards)
• Awareness of child protection/safeguarding with up-to-date training (or willingness to undertake training)
• Demonstrate ability to deal with sensitive and emotional situations
• Able to maintain discipline, command attention and encourage high standards of pupil behaviour at all times
  
  

What are we about?

Join a trust that is going places!

At E-ACT, we believe every child deserves opportunity. Our ‘Opening Minds, Opening Doors’ strategy breaks down barriers and builds pathways to success; driven by purposeful leadership, collaboration, and innovation. We champion diversity, encourage a people-first culture, and ensure every voice is heard.

We are proud to lead system-wide change both locally and national - providing sector-wide support while transforming futures. Our achievements are recognised through winning MAT of the Year 2023 at the MAT Excellence Awards and National School Awards, and also the TES Trust Leadership Award 2024. E-ACT is recognised for shaping bold educational outcomes. Most recently, two of our Birmingham academies were selected by the Department for Education as RISE Regional Hubs, in recognition of their outstanding work on inclusion and behaviour, a testament to the impact of our people-first culture and relentless drive for excellence.

With 38 academies and over 25,000 pupils, our dedicated staff make excellence possible. We prioritise wellbeing, tackle workload, and continuously raise the bar. We don’t just educate, we inspire ambition and empower every child to thrive.

Want to be a part of something extraordinary? Find out more at www.e-act.org.uk  

Benefits: 

Financial and Lifestyle

We offer a strong financial package including access to defined benefit pension schemes (LGPS or TPS), life cover at three times pensionable pay, and 31 days of annual leave for year-round employees. Staff can also benefit from the Cycle to Work scheme, promoting healthy and sustainable commuting.

Professional Growth and Development

We invest heavily in staff development through tailored INSET days and high-quality CPD opportunities. Teaching staff benefit from automatic TLR progression, a structured 9-point pay scale (M1 to UPS3), and full TLR payments for part-time colleagues fulfilling full responsibilities.

Culture and Wellbeing

Our people-first culture values every colleague. We support wellbeing through the Wisdom app and a free Employee Assistance Programme offering counselling and financial advice. Collaboration is at the heart of our Trust, encouraging shared learning and collective success.

Please look at our 'Work for Us' page and Recruitment Pack for more information.

How to apply:

Please read the supporting documentation carefully before completing your application.

 E-ACT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and vulnerable adults, and all appointments are subject to enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) checks and satisfactory references.

E-ACT is also committed to promoting equality, challenging discrimination and developing community cohesion. We welcome applications from all sections of the 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 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 E-ACT The Grange School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 369 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: E-ACT The Grange School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-grange-school-daventry-daventry

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