School Meals Supervisory Assistant (SMSA)

Ryefield Primary School, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB10 9DE

9 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  24 February 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 February 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: £28,617.00 - £29,025.00 Annually (FTE) NJC scale 2, scale point 3, pro-rata salary: £6,624.31

School Meals Supervisory Assistant (SMSA) job summary

Reports to: SMSA Lead

Salary: Starting salary: NJC scale 2, scale point 3, pro-rata salary: £6,624.31 (FTE £28,617)

Rising to: NJC scale 2, scale point 4, pro-rata salary: £6,718.75 (FTE £29,025)

Working Days: Monday - Friday (11.30 am - 1.30 pm) 10 hours per week, 38 weeks per year (term time only)

Start date: As soon as possible

The main purpose of the role

The SMSA will:

• ensure service and supervision of school meals, preparation and cleaning of kitchen, dining room and utensils;

• ensure the safety, welfare and good conduct, either individually or as part of a team, of pupils at lunchtimes, during the midday break period;

• provide a positive role model to the pupils at all times;

• maintain confidentiality at all times; and

• work under the direction of the SMSA lead.

Core duties

The SMSA will:

• ensure kitchen and dining room are adequately set up to serve lunches from 11.30 am;

• assist children as appropriate with their meal selection;

• ensure children have adequate lunches before they sit down to eat;

• assist children to empty trays;

• clear and clean the dining room, sweep and mop the floor;

• serve items from the salad bar for Reception and Year One;

• help children make selections;

• help children with their trays;

• ensure the clear-up table is adequately prepared for children to easily use;

• help children to scrape their plates into bins and place utensils in the correct bowls;

• at the end of service wipe down the tables, empty the bin and wipe down any splash marks on the walls;

• remove trolley and bin from the hall; and

• remove tables from Dining Hall (follow the correct process for opening and closing the tables).

  Vanguard Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working at the Trust to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

  This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013, 2020 and 2023). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website (click here).

  Vanguard Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer.

  Under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

Vanguard Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all those working at the Trust to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will be completed for all applicants.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.

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 Ryefield Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 416 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ryefield Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ryefield-primary-school

Ryefield was established in 1960 and as a school community it strives for excellence. Ryefield is an excellent school where its children love learning and achieve the highest standards possible in a thriving multicultural learning environment. Above all Ryefield strives to touch the lives of all its children to ensure they grow up to be reflective, self-aware, and resourceful; they are empathetic towards others and confident young people.

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