Midday Supervisor

Thornford CofE Primary School, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9 6QY

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  November 2025

• Closing date

  6 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  22 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: £1,212.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 1, Point 2: £ 1,212 per annum

Midday Supervisor job summary

Salary: Grade 1, Point 2: £1,212 per annum

Contract: Permanent, 2.17 hours per week, 38.4 weeks per year (term time plus 4 inset days)

We are looking for a caring, reliable, and enthusiastic Midday Supervisor to join our dedicated team at Thornford Primary School. This vital role involves supervising children during their lunchtime break, both in the dining hall and in the playground, ensuring a safe, happy, and inclusive environment for all. The successful canidate will be required to work Mondays and Tuesdays from 12pm to 1:05pm.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supervising children during lunch and playtime

• Encouraging positive behaviour and good table manners

• Supporting children with any lunchtime needs

• Helping to set up and tidy away dining equipment

• Promoting safe and active play

We are looking for someone who:

• Enjoys working with children and has a nurturing approach

• Can work well as part of a team

• Is calm, patient, and dependable

• Understands the importance of safeguarding and child welfare

To find out more about the benefits of working for SAST, click here

For more information about our school, please click the view our careers page on the right hand side.

You are warmly encouraged to visit our school prior to application, please do not hesitate to contact the school office, via office@thornford.dorset.sch.uk.

SAST will conduct online searches of shortlisted candidates. In line with KCSIE guidance, this will be part of safer recruitment checks, and the search will purely be based on whether an individual is suitable to work with children. As care must be taken to avoid unconscious bias and any risk of discrimination, a person who will not be on the appointment panel will conduct the searches and will only share information if and when findings are relevant and of concern.

Safeguarding responsibilities associated with this role may include engagement in regulatory activity, such as administering first aid or supporting an upset child. It will have contact with young people on a day-to-day basis. SAST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will have to meet the person specification, and the post is subject to safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check and Children’s Barred List check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

Sherborne Area Schools’ Trust (SAST) recognises the benefit of having a diverse workforce and is committed to building a workforce which reflects diversity from the communities it serves. SAST values the contributions from all staff from a wide range of different backgrounds and actively seeks to promote an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment and at the same time supports fair promotion and cultural acceptance. Under the provision of the Equality Act 2010 SAST welcomes applications from everyone and operates a recruitment process which is fair and does not discriminate against or disadvantage anyone because of their age, disability, gender reassignment status, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race or nationality, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

This role is UK- based and your right to work will need to be established as part of the appointment process.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Safeguarding responsibilities associated with this role may include engagement in regulatory activity, such as administering first aid or supporting an upset child. It will have contact with young people on a day-to-day basis. SAST is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will meet the person specification and pass all safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS check Barred List check. The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

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 Thornford CofE Primary School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 99 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Thornford CofE Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/thornford-cofe-primary-school

At Thornford School we are a small rural Church of England primary school set in beautiful grounds in a small village, close to the market town of Sherborne. We have strong links with the local church, St. Mary Magdalene and our golden thread: ‘Treat others as you would like to be treated yourself’ Luke 6:31, is used to promote positive attitudes and behaviours amongst our pupils. From their first day in Reception, our children come into a safe, happy learning environment, where they are nurtured. Hard work and a growth mindset are encouraged and there is
provision for the children’s individual needs in order for pupils to achieve their potential. They are well-prepared socially and academically for the next stage of their education by our dedicated staff. We teach a creative curriculum based on the 2014 National Curriculum. All the staff have a shared ethos about childcentred education, working together to develop the whole child, encouraging lively enquiring minds; the ability to
question and argue rationally; apply themselves and therefore learn, effectively. We teach the children to become responsible, caring individuals, who respect the values of others. Furthermore, we foster a positive attitude towards the local and global community; developing in the children a sense of their place within it. I am proud to say that
Thornford has been judged as, ‘Outstanding’ in its last two Ofsted inspections (May 2007 and 2014) and also in our SIAMS church schools inspection (July 2017). We know the importance of a close partnership between home and school, based on trust, confidence and honesty. We look forward to welcoming you to our school.

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