Midday Support Assistant

Dorothy Goodman School Hinckley, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 0EA

35 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  August 2026

• Closing date

  26 June 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  22 May 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: £25,191.00 - £25,590.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary £7063 -£7175 pro rata

Midday Support Assistant job summary

Midday Support Assistant

Grade 5

To start August 2026

Location: Dorothy Goodman School - Barwell Lane

Hours: 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM, Monday to Friday

Term: Term-time only (work only when the schools are open - 38 weeks)

About the Role

We are looking for kind and caring people to help our pupils during their lunch break. You will be matched with specific pupils who need extra help during this time.

This job is perfect if you want a few hours of rewarding work each day.

What You Will Do:

• Help at Lunch: Help pupils in the dining room. This may involve supporting a young person to eat their dinner.

• Personal Care: Help pupils with toilets or washing if they need it (we will give you full training for this).

• Play and Activities: Play with pupils outside or help them with fun indoor lunchtime clubs.

• Support in the classroom: You will offer cover support, in classes, whilst other staff have their lunch break.

About You:

• You are patient, kind, and friendly.

• You want to support young people.

• You are willing to be trained to meet the needs of pupils including feed training and health needs training.

How to Apply

If you want to help our pupils have a great lunchtime, we would love to hear from you.

Closing date for applications: Friday 26th June

Interviews: TBC (potentially Friday 3rd July)

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

Dorothy Goodman School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

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 Dorothy Goodman School Hinckley

• School type: Academies, Does not apply, ages 3 to 19
• School size: 404 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Dorothy Goodman School Hinckley website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/dorothy-goodman-school-hinckley

Dorothy Goodman School is an all age (from ages 4-19 years) SEN School.
Our children & young people have a wide variety of special educational needs and disabilities including pupils with profound and multiple learning disabilities, severe learning difficulties, moderate difficulties and those with Autism. Some children & young people also have social, emotional and mental health difficulties associated with their learning difficulties.

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