SMSA - Midday Mealtime Supervisor

The Grove, London, N17 6AR

10 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  19 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Other support roles
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £7,045.00 Annually (Actual) Scale 1 £28,617 pro rata actual salary £7,045.71

SMSA - Midday Mealtime Supervisor job summary

The Grove School, part of the SEARCH Education Trust, is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students and young people. The successful applicant will therefore be required to complete checks in line with the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education with regard to DBS and other pre-employment checks.

We encourage applications from all sectors of the community to reflect our diverse student population.

SMSA - Midday Mealtime Supervisor

Salary: Scale 1 £28,617 pro rata actual salary £7,045.71

Location: Haringey

Contract hours: 10 hours a week term time only ( 2 hours each day over the lunch period)

Closing Date: 9 a.m Friday 19th June 2026.

Start Date: As soon as possible

The Grove School is a brand new special school for young people with autism opened in September 2018 in Haringey as part of the SEARCH Education Trust.

We wish to appoint a group of SMSAs (Midday Supervisors) who will join our expanding team.

You will be required to support pupils during lunchtime, this may include supporting in the lunch hall or playground. You may be required to support classes briefly before and after lunch within the allocated hours.

The successful candidates will make an important contribution to the school ethos. From time to time you may be asked to cover for absences within the school (this is optional).

The post would ideally suit somebody who lives locally. The successful candidate will have:

• Some experience of working with students (possibly with additional needs including autism)

• A flexible and proactive approach to supporting students

• Ability to communicate well with students, teachers and adults

• Completion, or the readiness to complete an induction programme

• A commitment to safeguarding children

For further information, please contact our school office on 020 3876 6555 or via our email at office@thegroveschool.co.uk.

You can access some virtual tours and our prospectus on our website at www.thegroveschool.co.uk

Completed application forms should be submitted on MyNewTerm by 9am on Friday 19th June 2026

Interview date to be confirmed.

NB: Please note that in line with the new Keeping Children Safe in Education updates, an online search will be conducted as part of our due diligence checks on all shortlisted candidates. CV's or incomplete application forms will not be considered. Only those that are shortlisted will be contacted by the school. Applications may be considered whilst the posts are being advertised. SEARCH Education Trust reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated deadline. We advise early applications are submitted.

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 The Grove

• School type: Free Schools, None, ages 5 to 19
• School size: 147 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: The Grove website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-grove-london

The Grove is a brand new special school for young people with autism, opened in September 2018. As our school moves into its second year, we transfer to our newly refurbished site near Turnpike Lane and expand our intake of pupils.

We are opening, in September, two new KS3 classes for 8 academically able autistic pupils. We will provide an alternative to mainstream education for these youngsters who, for many reasons, have not been successful in the mainstream setting.
This provision will expand to include KS2 and KS4 pupils reaching a capacity of 16-20 pupils over two years.

The school, which is currently based on a split site has 45 students on roll with complex autism across primary, secondary and post 16. The addition of a new department will create 4 distinct departments as we grow to full capacity of 104 by 2021, 88 of those places for young people with complex autism between the ages of 5-19 and 16 places for those who are academically able between the ages of 7-16.

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