Midday Supervisory Assistant

Priory Community School, Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, BS22 6BP

8 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  23 February 2026

• Closing date

  18 January 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  9 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: TPLTSS1 £7,506 (actual salary)

Midday Supervisory Assistant job summary

Permanent

Term Time Only

Part time - 13.3 Hours per week

TPLTSS1 £7,506 (actual salary)

Plus various Company Benefits

The Priory Learning Trust is looking to recruit a dedicated Lunchtime Supervisor to join the team at Priory Community School – An Academy. This is a rewarding opportunity for an individual who would relish the chance to support our students’ well-being and social development during the school day.

As a Lunchtime Supervisor, you will play a vital role in ensuring our students have a safe, positive, and productive break. Your responsibilities will include:

• Effective Supervision: Working with specific groups or individual students to manage behavior and encourage positive social interactions.
  
• Student Support: Understanding and respecting the social and emotional needs of our students, using this insight to help them develop self-reliance and self-esteem.
  
• Promoting Well-Being: Helping students build strong relationships with peers and encouraging high standards of personal health and hygiene.
  
• Safety First: Maintaining a vigilant presence and reporting any situations that could pose a danger to students or staff to ensure a secure environment.
  

The successful candidate will have:

• Previous experience working with children or in a supervisory role.
  
• Ability to work flexibly within a team and motivate students.
  
• A dedication to working in a way that promotes the safety and well-being of all children and young people.
  

We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer and strive to accommodate a variety of working arrangements, so we encourage you to apply. At our school, we take staff workload seriously and prioritise creating a supportive environment where teamwork is at the heart of everything we do. As part of a local Trust, our staff also benefit from collaborative opportunities and resources that come with being part of a wider community.

About The Priory Learning Trust:

TPLT grew from an intent to bring the power of partnership and sharing to bear and provide a first-class education to a wide range of children, from all backgrounds.

At our heart is a passion to put ‘Students First’ and deliver exceptional education; beyond outstanding for every single child. We do this with a relentless drive for academic excellence, shared moral purpose and values combined with lots of fun and happiness. We believe that happy schools are also high-achieving, successful schools.

We strive for partnerships between students, families, staff and the wider community to create exceptional student outcomes. We also ‘cherish’ our staff. We believe they are amazing and are passionate to empower them through support, training, and career opportunities. With such brilliant people all aiming for the same goals, we are able to ensure every student achieves all that they are capable of and more, regardless of their background.

Early applications are encouraged as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early.

The Priory Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

All paid positions which involve working regularly within academies are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. You must declare all convictions (including convictions with Absolute Discharge), cautions or bind-overs you may have, even if they would otherwise be regarded as ‘Spent’ under this Act and where applicable any disqualifications under the Childcare Act.

The amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and are not subject to disclosure to employers, and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Disclosure and Barring Service filtering guide.

This role involves working with children on a daily basis and is therefore in regulated activity.

Offers of employment will be subject to satisfactory references, online searches and Disclosure and Barring Service clearance.

Please see the following links to our Child Protection and Safeguarding policy and Recruitment and Selection policy.

Closing Date: 18 January 2026

Proposed Interview Date: TBC

Proposed Start Date: 23 February 2026

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 Priory Community School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1485 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Priory Community School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/priory-community-school

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