Senior Lunchtime Leader

More than one location, Archway Learning Trust

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 November 2026

• Closing date

  15 September 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  2 September 2026

Important

This teaching role is at more than one school in the trust. You can find out more in schools overview.

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time: Hours worked will be 11:20am - 13:20pm, Monday - Friday.
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: From £8,921 - £9,206 per annum

What skills and experience we're looking for

• To supervise students during the lunch period in dining environments, playground areas and school premises, ensuring the safety, welfare, physical and mental well-being of pupils and the maintenance of good order and discipline.
• To monitor the behaviour of students, encouraging positive behaviour and reporting any incidents to the Office Manager as appropriate.
• To ensure the safety and well-being of children, providing support where necessary or signposting concerns to colleagues.
• To arrange and supervise appropriate play and physical activities under the direction of the Office Manager.
• To encourage all pupils to eat but especially those with special needs or disabilities, and to assist children with cutting up food, opening tubs, pouring water etc. where appropriate to e.g. age of child, needs of child, as necessary.
• To encourage social skills and good table manners, ensuring safety with knives and forks.
• To clean up spillages of food and to organise clearing cutlery and crockery off tables.
• Where appropriate, to collect students from classroom ensuring that they are adequately dressed for the weather conditions.
• To supervise and control entrance and exit by students during the lunch break to school premises and ensure calm orderly conduct in accordance with the school’s expectations.
• To liaise with the academy’s Catering Services over the collection of meals and the return and cleaning of catering resources at the end of lunch.
• Provides first aid assistance to staff, students and visitors as and when necessary.
• To ensure that all students who suffer any injury or accident are dealt with appropriately in accordance with the school’s agreed procedures.

What the school offers its staff

• Archway benefits to include shopping discounts and competitions
• A free and confidential employee assistance programme offering counselling and advice
• Access to a generous pension scheme
• Access to discounted travel schemes
• Cycle to work scheme
• Comprehensive training and support
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• Eye care voucher scheme
• Free flu vaccine
• Access to e-learning and development

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Archway Learning Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Email address: hr@archwaytrust.co.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/archway-learning-trust

School Details

Bluecoat Primary Academy

• Organisation type: Academy, Church of England, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 452 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Bluecoat Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bluecoat-primary-academy

Arranging a visit to Archway Learning Trust

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email hr@archwaytrust.co.uk.

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