Senior Midday Assistant

St Helen's Primary School, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 2LT

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  27 August 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  11 August 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support role
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £25,185.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE) Grade 3, Point 4 to Point 6

Senior Midday Assistant job summary

Are you organised, caring, and enthusiastic about supporting children’s well-being? St Helen’s Nursery and Primary School is looking for a Senior Midday Supervisor Assistant to lead our lunchtimes and help create a safe, welcoming, and enjoyable environment for our pupils.

As an inner-town school in Ipswich—and a proud founding member of ASSET Education—we celebrate our vibrant, multicultural community. In line with our Complete Human Strategy, we put relationships, well-being, and positivity at the heart of everything we do. Lunchtime is a vital part of the school day, and we are looking for someone who shares our commitment to nurturing happy, confident, and safe children.

About the Role

As Senior Midday Supervisor Assistant, you will play a key leadership role during the midday break, ensuring smooth meal services and safe play.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Team Leadership: Leading, organising, and supervising our team of Midday Supervisors, as well as assisting with school-based training.

• Mealtime Management: Liaising with the Cook Supervisor for a smooth meal service, ensuring an orderly dining space, and keeping dining areas clean, tidy, and hygienic.

• Pupil Welfare & Behaviour: Managing pupil behaviour, handling minor accidents or illnesses according to school procedures, and engaging children in safe play both indoors and outdoors.

• Administrative Support: Assisting with registers, ensuing staff are aware of allergen pupils and pupils with additional needs and how to support them and reporting persistent behaviour issues or incidents to senior leadership.

• Safeguarding: Actively promoting and safeguarding the welfare of all pupils, attending required safeguarding training, and reporting any concerns promptly.

Who We Are Looking For

We are looking for someone who:

• Demonstrates strong leadership and organisational skills to guide a dedicated midday team.

• Enjoys working with children and can build positive, respectful relationships in our multicultural school community.

• Is calm under pressure, solution-focused, and proactive in managing child safety and behaviour.

  Is a supportive team leader who leads from example and will hold staff accountable if needed.

• Shares our belief in the Complete Human Strategy, supporting pupils' emotional and physical well-being through safe, structured, and joyful lunchtimes.

How to Apply

If you want to make a positive impact on our pupils' daily school lives and be part of a supportive team, we would love to hear from you!

For an informal chat about the post or a visit to the school, please contact the school office:

• Email: admin@sthelensprimary.net

• Phone: 01473 251333

ASSET Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the job description and will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) and children's barred list check, health check, online search and satisfactory references. Copies of our safeguarding and safer recruitment policies are available on request.

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 Helen's Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 439 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: St Helen's Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-helen-s-primary-school

A two form culturally diverse primary school in the centre of Ipswich. Part of ASSET Education, St Helen's is the lead school in the Trust for Initial Teacher Training and Early Careers.

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