Midday Supervisor - Maternity Cover

Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School, Newark, Nottinghamshire, NG24 1LT

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  2nd June 2025

• Closing date

  12 May 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  2 May 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,656.00 Annually (FTE) 7.5 hours per week (salary is pro rata)

Midday Supervisor - Maternity Cover job summary

Lovers' Lane Primary School are looking to appoint a Midday Supervisor to work within our team to provide a stimulating and caring environment for our children during lunch times. With a newly appointed Head Teacher, this is a truly exciting time to join our school as we move forward into the next chapter of our development. We are looking for someone who shares in our vision and enthusiasm and wants to play a key role in shaping the educational experience of our children, enabling each of them to thrive.

Lunchtime duties include helping to promote good eating habits whilst supervising the children in the dining area, caring for their health, safety and welfare both in the dining area and on the playground. We are looking for someone who enjoys working with young children and can build positive relationships with them.

You will be able to manage, organise and take part in positive play activities with our children. You would be joining an exceptional and supportive team of professionals who are relentless in our pursuit of excellence and our mission to make every day count for the children. Each of our individual roles has an impact on the future of our children and so, we put them at the heart of the decisions we make and the services we provide.

Each of our individual roles will have an impact on the future of many – developing and inspiring the future leaders, entrepreneurs and the innovators of tomorrow. We strive to deliver learning experiences to engage and instil a curiosity to find out more. Our goal is to develop individuals who ask why, therefore becoming life-long learners and visionaries, with aspirations ready for the challenges of the future in an ever-changing world.

We are looking for someone who is excited to be a part of this partnership, who will be able to use their own initiative and be flexible and well organised to be an asset to our team.

We can offer you:

• A fantastic working environment, in a team that works together for the benefit of children in our school
• Support to develop you within this role
• An opportunity to be part of a supportive, developmental partnership
• A varied job where no day is the same!
• An organisation committed to supporting and enabling all staff
• Has excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills and is a true team player
• Will play an active part in the wider life of our school
• Has a sense of humour!

We are looking for someone who:

• Enjoys working with young children and can build positive relationships with them.
• Is interested in education and impacting on the lives of children.
• Is flexible and well organised.
• Has excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills.
• Can work effectively with and without direction.
• Enthusiasm, energy, integrity, and professionalism.
• Is a team player.
• Is willing to roll up their sleeves up and get stuck in.

Your core duties will be:

• Supervise pupils in the dining hall
• Ensure that the overall arrangement for children to dine promotes an orderly and pleasant meals service
• Supervise return of used trays, crockery and cutlery by the children
• Ensure that tables are left clean for the next occupancy
• Ensure dining areas are left clean and tidy
• Participate in Opal play activities out on the playground, ensuring all items are returned at the end of the session
• Plan and prepare activities in line with the Opal play lead
• Arrange supervision to allow movement amongst the children within the area covered
• Ensure acceptable standards of behaviour are maintained
• Minimise the likelihood of children hurting themselves, others or damaging property
• Supervising pupils in classrooms during bad weather
• To attend safeguarding training as required by the school and maintain your knowledge and understanding of your responsibility for safeguarding children in this school
• Visits to the school are welcome and encouraged - please contact school if you would like to look round

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and post holders to share this commitment. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applicants. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and post-holders to share this commitment. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applicants. Applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

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About Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: Up to 205 pupils
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lovers Lane Primary and Nursery School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lovers-lane-primary-and-nursery-school-newark

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