Midday Supervisor

Windmill Primary School, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, NN9 6LA

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  2 July 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  17 June 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: £4,027.91 Annually (Actual) Scale C2 - 7.5 hrs per day/5days per week

Midday Supervisor job summary

Main Responsibility:

Ensure that pupils wash their hands before they eat

Escort pupils to and from the dining area, as necessary

Ensure that pupils having a school lunch are in the dining hall at the correct time

Help younger pupils at the servery counter with the proper use of cutlery, and help them cut up their food when necessary

Assist pupils with the return of used plates, trays, cutlery and beakers, and with the cleaning of tables when lunch is finished

Supervise pupils eating food brought from home, and ensure that all packed lunch equipment is cleared away after use

Report to the senior midday supervisor any child whose diet may give rise for concern;

Take charge of named children in the playground or the classroom, depending on the weather

Devise and initiate constructive play opportunities for children when required

Ensure that children remain within a safe environment, and that they play safely

Set suitable behaviour standards in line with school policy

Have an awareness of the school's policy on child protection

Help children acquire social skills

Attend to minor accidents sustained during the midday break, and seek appropriate assistance if necessary

Attend to any pupil who becomes ill during the midday break, and again seek appropriate assistance

Liaise effectively and professionally with staff, teachers and parents, as required

Attend training, as required.

Attend to named children's personal needs including first aid, personal hygiene of changing nappies and any other toileting needs.

General Responsibilities:

Deliver, promote and support good practice in relation to equality, diversity, safeguarding and prevent duties

Promote and maintain a safe and healthy working environment and be responsible for own health and safety

Promote and ensure own compliance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulations 2018

Adhere to the guidance of Keeping Children Safe in Education.

Undertake any other duties and responsibilities commensurate with the level of post as required.

Person Specification:

Criteria	Essential or Desirable
GCSE Maths and English	Essential
Experience of supervising children as a parent or carer	Essential
Understanding of managing the behaviour of groups of children	Essential
Able to work as a part of a group and individually	Essential
Inspire trust and confidence in children	Essential
Encourage high standards of pupil behaviour at all times	Essential
Liaise with parents in a professional manner	Essential
Initiate games and activities appropriate to the age of the children	Essential
Calm under pressure	Essential
Well organised	Essential
Current first aid qualification	Desirable
Experience of ‘playworker’ or working with groups of children on a voluntary or paid basis	Desirable
Understanding of child development and social interaction	Desirable
Understanding of the value of constructive play opportunities	Desirable

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.

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About Windmill Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 384 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Windmill Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/windmill-primary-school-nn9-6la

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