Midday Supervisor

St Helen's Primary School, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 2LT

14 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 May 2026

• Closing date

  28 April 2026 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  13 April 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,796.00 - £24,796.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 2, Point 3

Midday Supervisor job summary

11.30am - 1.00pm or 11.45-1.15

7.5 hours a week, 38 weeks a year

We are looking for enthusiastic and motivated people to join our amazing school to help support pupils over the lunchtime perion. Being a midday is more than just cutting up some dinners and watching pupils play. We are looking for proactive people who are proactive people who are positive role models who will actively engage and listen to our pupils while modelling play and conflict resolution.

We have support many of our great middays in become teaching assistants over the few years so if you fancy a job within a school environment this is a great first step.

We are looking for someone who:

• can lead by example and be a positive role model

• understands the importance of physical play on wellbeing

• can use initiative to solve problems

• can remain calm and apply positive behaviour strategies to de-escalate situations.

  Can actively engage with children

  We can offer your:

  • the chance to be par of a multi-culturally diverse and inclusive school
  • respectful, well-motivated and happy children
  • a hardworking and reflective staff team
  • a kick start into the world of educational employment
  • regular training

  For further details please contact:

  Jo Lovett, Lead Administrator, St Helen's Primary School - j.lovett@sthelensprimary.net - 01473 251333

  Please also see our website - www.sthelensprimary.net

  ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

  The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references. Copies of our safeguarding and safer recruitment policies are available on request.

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 St Helen's Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 451 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Helen's Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-helen-s-primary-school

A two form culturally diverse primary school in the centre of Ipswich. Part of ASSET Education, St Helen's is the lead school in the Trust for Initial Teacher Training and Early Careers.

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