Midday Supervisor

Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School, King's Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4RR

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  17 October 2025 at 1am

• Date listed

  3 October 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: £4,1110 actual pa

Midday Supervisor job summary

Tel: 01553 774666

Email: admin@fairstead.norfolk.sch.uk

Website: www.fairsteadprimaryschool.co.uk

Headteacher: Daniel Farthing

• Salary – Scale A, £4,110 actual pa (£12.65/hr) £24,413 FTE
• Permanent
• Part Time
• 7.5 hours per week (M-F)
• Term Time only
• Required ASAP

At Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School, we nurture and invest in our relationships. We identify each individual’s potential and work as a team to create a safe environment for everyone to grow and succeed.

We are seeking a Midday Supervisor to join our friendly, ambitious and forward thinking team. Lunchtime is an important part of our pupils’ school day and we require caring and patient staff to support our children. This includes supporting eating meals, mirroring expectations, engaging in play and keeping children safe. As an employer, we offer a wide variety of training to all our staff, ensuring all staff feel supported and included within our school community.

Overall Responsibility

To support the lunch team, to ensure the safety and well-being of pupils and lunch time.

Duties

• To assist in the dining hall where needed e.g. reporting dinner numbers, clearing away, setting up
• Support the needs and wellbeing of children in classrooms and outside in order to ensure the safety of everyone.
• Ensure lunchtime is a positive experience for the children.
• Encourage good eating habits and assisting children where necessary.
• Maintaining a safe lunch environment, e.g. wiping up spillages to ensure a safe and ordered environment is maintained, supporting children in getting and clearing their dinners.
• Supervision of movement of children to and from classroom and toilets.
• Ensure relevant teachers are informed if a there is a reason to bring a child to their attention (illness, injury or other issues that might need to be communicated).
• Have a clear knowledge of the safeguarding procedures in school and be confident to follow these.

Health and Safety

• Be aware of the responsibility for personal Health, Safety and Welfare and that of others who may be affected by your actions or inactions.
• Co-operate with the employer on all issues to do with Health, Safety & Welfare.

Continuing Professional Development

• In conjunction with the line manager, take responsibility for personal professional development, keeping up- to-date with developments related to school efficiency, which may lead to improvements in the day-to-day running of the school.
• Undertake any necessary professional development as identified in the School Improvement Plan taking full advantage of any relevant training and development available.

Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the post, each individual task undertaken may not be identified.

Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.

Employees are expected to be courteous to colleagues and children, providing a welcoming environment to visitors and telephone callers.

This job description is current at the date shown, but in consultation with you, may be changed by the Headteacher to reflect or anticipate changes in the job commensurate with the grade and job title.

Visits to the school are encouraged. If you would like to visit the school, you will be assured a warm welcome. Please contact Kerry Tucker, School Business Manager, who will be more than happy to arrange your visit. 

We are an equal opportunities employer. If you require any additional support to enable you to make an application please contact Kerry Tucker, School Business Manager: by email to - admin@fairstead.norfolk.sch.uk or phone: 01553 774666. 

How to apply

To download an application form, click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button. Alternatively, please visit our school website for an application form - www.fairsteadprimaryschool.co.uk/information/vacancies/

Enhanced DBS disclosure is required for appointment to this post. We are unable to accept CVs in place of application forms.

Completed forms should either be returned by email to – admin@fairstead.norfolk.sch.uk or by post to Kerry Tucker, Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School, William Booth Road, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4RR.

We reserve the right to close the application window early and change the interview dates.

Closing date:  17 October 2025

Interview date:  21 or 23 October 2025

Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. 

This post is likely to come under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) Regulations and the successful applicant will be required to complete a declaration form to establish whether they are disqualified under these regulations.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and you will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced DBS check with barred list. If you have information to declare it may be protected under the Exceptions Orders and you may not be required to declare it. You will be asked to make a criminal conviction declaration if you are shortlisted for the post. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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 Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 433 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Fairstead Community Primary and Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/fairstead-community-primary-and-nursery-school

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