Midday Supervisor

Henderson Green Primary Academy, Norwich, Norfolk, NR5 8DX

9 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  15 March 2026 at 12am (midnight)

• Date listed

  6 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £2,758 - £2,801 actual pa

Midday Supervisor job summary

Part of the Unity Schools Partnership

Email: hrhelpdesk@unitysp.co.uk 

Website: https://candidate.unitysp-careers.co.uk/305791UTY

• Salary - NJC Scale 1, SP 2-3, £2,758 - £2,801 actual pa (£24,144-£24,795 FTE)
• Permanent
• Part Time
• 5 hours per week
• Term Time only
• Required for 13 April 2026

Henderson Green Primary Academy are seeking a warm, caring and enthusiastic Midday Supervisor to join our friendly team.

This is a key role within the school, helping to ensure that all children have a safe, enjoyable and positive experience during their lunchtime break.

As a Midday Supervisor, your main responsibilities will include:

• Supporting children during lunchtime in the dining hall, helping them to make healthy choices, use good table manners and enjoy a calm, pleasant mealtime experience.
• Supervising children on the playground, encouraging safe and inclusive play, and helping to organise or facilitate games and activities that promote cooperation and friendship.
• Promoting positive behaviour, modelling kindness and respect, using restorative approaches where appropriate, and helping children to develop social skills.
• Maintaining a safe and welcoming environment, ensuring the welfare of all pupils at all times and responding promptly to any incidents or concerns.

We are looking for someone who is friendly, patient and reliable, with the ability to use their initiative and also work effectively as part of a close knit, supportive team. A genuine enjoyment of working with children and helping them flourish is essential.

Full training, including safeguarding, behaviour support and first aid, will be provided, and you will be welcomed into a caring school community where every member of staff plays an important role in the children’s day.

How to apply

A job description and candidate pack is available from ‘Attachments’.

For this vacancy, if you click on the ‘Apply for Job’ button, you will be redirected to our Trust’s website to apply.

Please note: We may interview as applications are received and may appoint before the closing date. Applications must be submitted online via our careers website before the deadline, so we encourage early applications and advise checking the job details on our site.

In line with safer recruitment, we cannot accept CVs. Incomplete application forms may result in candidates not being shortlisted.

We value inclusive working practices and diverse teams. If you wish to work part time or as a job share, we will accommodate this wherever possible. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups.

Closing date:   15 March 2026, 9am

Interview date:  TBC

Unity Schools Partnership is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils. All successful candidates will be subject to rigorous pre employment checks, including an enhanced DBS. We are also committed to equality, diversity and fair recruitment practices, and we oppose all forms of unlawful discrimination.

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

Henderson Green Primary Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are fully committed to ensuring that consistent effective safeguarding procedures are in place to support families, children and staff at school. All concerns are passed through the members of staff who are trained as “Designated Safeguarding Professionals” in school.

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 Henderson Green Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 162 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Henderson Green Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/henderson-green-primary-school-norwich

Our school is a happy calm and exciting place to learn, where we know that the children will continue to make us proud of their responsible, positive and caring attitudes.

We have high expectations of ourselves and the children in relation to behaviour, academic and creative progress and aim to offer the children a high quality, innovative and creative learning experience, delivered through excellent teaching and up to date technology.

Your child will have a supportive and secure environment in which to achieve their maximum potential. We place great emphasis on the basics, English, Maths, Science and ICT but also ensure that creativity is high on our agenda. Our dedicated teaching staff work in year group teams, to plan and deliver a relevant and exciting curriculum.

High standards of work and behaviour are expected of all who learn and work at the school. We remain committed to continuing to improve standards of achievement, not only in academic results, but also in sport, artistic pursuits, personal and social development, community involvement and attendance.

We encourage children to take responsibility for their own decisions and to recognise that they have choices. We believe that a close working partnership with parents is the key to achieving success for the children and in turn for the school and the wider community it serves.

We want your child to become fully integrated into our community as soon as possible.

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