School Meals Supervisory Assistant

Henbury Court Primary Academy, Bristol, BS10 7NY

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  3 October 2025 at 10am

• Date listed

  17 September 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: £24,796.00 Annually (FTE) BG4, N3 £24,796 (Actual salary £3,052)

School Meals Supervisory Assistant job summary

Days/Hours: Term Time Only, Monday-Friday, 11:40am-12:50pm = 6.25 hours per week

Salary: BG4, N3 FTE £24,796 (Actual £3,052)

Contract: Permanent

Start Date: As soon as possible

Interview Date: W/C 6th October

Role Purpose:

• Supervising pupils over the lunchtime period
• Leading and taking part in games and activities with pupils
• Encouraging children to eat their meals
• Dealing with behavioural incidents in line with the schools Behaviour policy and discussing concerns with class teachers or members of the Senior Leadership Team.
• Dealing with first aid incidents at lunch time
• Playing a key part in the school’s health and safety processes
• Helping children interact positively with one another during lunchtimes

Shortlisting Criteria

• Be willing to engage with and create professional relationships with the children to aid their school day.
• Have an understanding of Safeguarding in a school setting.
• Be willing to engage in training and professional development.
• Be professional, friendly, and helpful to colleagues and parents at all times.
• Be a positive role model to the children in terms of personal presentation, timekeeping and behaviour.
• Be constantly alert and take a practical approach to ensure the safety and wellbeing of pupils.

Safeguarding Statement

Trust in Learning (Academies) is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service clearance. Our policy and practice is in line with the Department for Education’s ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ most recent Guidance. We ensure that all appropriate measures are applied in relation to everyone who works for the Trust who is likely to be perceived by the children as a safe and trustworthy adult. Safer recruitment practice includes scrutinising applicants, online checks, verifying identity and academic or vocational qualifications, obtaining professional and character references, checking previous employment history and ensuring that a candidate has the health and physical capacity for the job.

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

Henbury Court Primary Academy is part of the Endeavour Academy Trust, which 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. You can find our Child Protection Policy on the trust's website: http://www.endeavouracademytrust.org.uk
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 Henbury Court Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 309 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Henbury Court Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/henbury-court-primary-academy

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