Midday Supervisor
Grange Park Primary School, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 1ET28 days remaining to apply
Start date details
1st September 2026 (subject to safer recruitment checks)
Closing date
18 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
21 May 2026
Job details
Job role
- Other support roles
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £4,360.00 - £4,428.00 Annually (Actual) Scale 2 point 3 to point 4 - £24,796 - £25,185 (£4,360 - £4,428 actual approx.)
Midday Supervisor job summary
POST: Midday Supervisor
RESPONSIBLE TO: Headteacher, Senior Leadership Team (SLT) and Senior Midday Supervisor
SALARY: Scale 2 point 3 to point 4 - £24,796 - £25,185 (£4,360 - £4,428 actual approx.)
LOCATION: Grange Park Primary School
WORKING PATTERN: 7.5 hours per week. 12:00 - 13:30 Monday - Friday. 39 weeks per year. TTO, plus 1 week
CONTRACT: Permanent
DISCLOSURE LEVEL: Enhanced DBS
Main Purpose:
The Midday Supervisor will ensure the security, safety, well-being, and care of pupils during lunchtime, promoting their social, emotional, and physical development. The post holder will help to create a positive, safe, and inclusive environment, encouraging good behaviour, positive play, and respectful relationships whilst supporting the school’s safeguarding and behaviour policies.
Duties and Responsibilities:
To supervise pupils during the lunch period in the dining hall, playground areas and school premises, ensuring the safety, welfare, physical and mental wellbeing of pupils and the maintenance of good order and discipline.
To report to the Senior Lunchtime Supervisor at the beginning of the lunch period and receive any instructions regarding duties.
To ensure the safety and well-being of children and provide emotional support where necessary.
To follow safeguarding procedures at all times and report any concerns in line with the school’s Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy.
To be aware of pupils with additional needs, medical conditions or dietary requirements and provide appropriate support in line with school procedures.
To ensure that all pupils who suffer any injury or accident are dealt with appropriately in accordance with the school’s agreed procedures.
To communicate effectively with teaching staff and the Senior Lunchtime Supervisor regarding any concerns relating to pupil wellbeing, behaviour or safety.
To arrange and supervise appropriate play and physical activities under the direction of the Senior
Lunchtime Supervisor.
To promote positive play, inclusion and respectful relationships between pupils during lunchtime activities.
To encourage independence, confidence and positive social interaction amongst pupils.
To support pupils in resolving minor disagreements or friendship issues appropriately and encourage restorative conversations where suitable.
To assist in maintaining a clean, safe and hygienic environment within dining and play areas.
Dining Hall
Before pupils enter the dining hall, ensure that they have visited the toilet and washed their hands.
To organise the dinner queue and ensure the calm and orderly entrance of pupils into the dining hall and from the dining hall to the playground by:
promoting and ensuring good behaviour and a calm atmosphere
addressing issues calmly and politely, whilst acting as a positive role model to the children
To encourage all pupils to eat, particularly those with special educational needs or disabilities, and to assist children with cutting up food, opening tubs and pouring water where appropriate.
To encourage social skills and good table manners, ensuring the safe use of knives and forks.
To clean up spillages of food and supervise children clearing their own trays away from tables.
Playground
Where appropriate, collect pupils from the classroom, ensuring that they are adequately dressed for the weather conditions.
To supervise and control the entrance and exit of pupils during the lunch break, ensuring calm and orderly conduct in accordance with the school’s high expectations.
To challenge any strangers who may enter the school grounds and report any concerns to the Senior Lunchtime Supervisor.
School Premises
To supervise pupils and promote good behaviour in the hall, classrooms and corridors during lunchtimes and when children remain inside due to inclement weather.
To ensure that, when classrooms are used during the midday break because of inclement weather, children are quietly occupied, and classrooms are left tidy and ready for afternoon learning.
To check toilet areas regularly to ensure they are clean and being used appropriately, and report any concerns to the Business Manager/SLT.
To take part in training appropriate to the role of Midday Supervisor.
To undertake any other duties consistent with the purpose of the job.
Health and Safety:
All employees are expected to maintain a healthy and safe work environment.
Safeguarding Children:
The trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff to share this commitment and to undergo appropriate checks, including enhanced DBS checks.
The above responsibilities are subject to the general duties and responsibilities contained in the Statement of Conditions of Employment. The duties of this post may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the post or level of responsibility entailed.
The person undertaking this role is expected to work within the policies, ethos and aims of the Trust and to carry out such other duties as may reasonably be assigned by the Line Manager. The post holder will be expected to have an agreed flexible working pattern to ensure that all relevant functions are fulfilled through direct dialogue with employees, contractors and community members.
English Duty -
This role is covered under part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 and therefore the ability to speak fluent spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Grange Park Primary School
- School type
- Academies, None, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 475 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Grange Park Primary School website
School location
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