School Meals Supervisory Assistant (SMSA)

St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School, Bristol, BS14 9LS

28 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  3 November 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  6 October 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: £12.65 - £12.85 Hourly Monday to Friday 12.30-2.30pm

School Meals Supervisory Assistant (SMSA) job summary

You will:-

• Supervise, guide, and assist children during lunch breaks—both in the dining hall and playground.
• Support good behaviour and positive interactions among pupils.
• Carry out basic cleaning tasks during and after lunch (e.g., wiping tables, clearing trays, mopping small spills).

You are:-

• Committed to making lunchtime a positive, smoothly-run, enjoyable experience
• Flexible, self-motivated & able to work as part of a team.
• Ideally experienced in working effectively within a learning/childcare setting, able to build a rapport with people at all levels - ages, ability and background.

We can offer:

• Happy, friendly and talented students
• Enthusiastic, committed and friendly staff
• A school with strong care, support and guidance

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 Bernadette Catholic Secondary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, Roman Catholic, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 754 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Bernadette Catholic Secondary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-bernadette-catholic-secondary-school

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