Midday Supervisory Assistant

St John's School, Bedford, Bedfordshire, MK42 8AA

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  November 2026

• Closing date

  7 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  20 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £13.28 Hourly

Midday Supervisory Assistant job summary

Do you enjoy working with children and helping them thrive? We are seeking excellent, enthusiastic and highly motivated Midday Supervisory Assistants to provide support, care and positive supervision for pupils during lunchtime.

About the role:

As a Midday Supervisory Assistant, you will play an important role in supporting pupils throughout the lunchtime period, ensuring they are safe, engaged and well cared for. Working with individuals and small groups, you will assist with feeding, personal care, play activities and learning opportunities, whilst promoting independence and positive behaviour. This rewarding role requires a caring and proactive approach, with a strong commitment to safeguarding, health and safety, and supporting every pupil to thrive.

Hours of work: 1.75 hours a day. 11.45am - 1.30pm, Monday to Friday, Term Time only.

To be successful in this role, we would ideally like you to have:

Experience of working with or caring for children and/or young people

Ability to supervise and play with children on the playground/hall

Experience of assisting individuals with personal care needs, including feeding & toileting

Experience of working as part of a team

Experience of offering support and praise to individuals

Closing date for applications: Midnight 7th November 2026

Interviews may be conducted prior to the application end date.

St John’s School provides special education for children and young people with severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties, aged two to nineteen. We are part of Bedford Inclusive Learning and Training Trust.

This post is subject to Enhanced DBS Clearance, satisfactory references, social media checks, health clearance, and a probationary period. This post is exempt from The Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. CVs cannot be accepted.

BILTT is committed to safeguarding, Prevent, the welfare of pupils and ensuring equality of opportunity for all pupils, staff, parents and carers; irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage & civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, belief, sex or sexual orientation and expects staff to share that commitment.

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 John's School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 2 to 19
• Size: 178 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: St John's School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-john-s-school-mk42-8aa

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