Teaching Assistant and Mid-day Meal Supervisor

Wingfield Primary School, London, SE3 9GJ

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  14 November 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  22 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £28,220.00 - £29,025.00 Annually (FTE) APT&C Scale 2 Spine point 3-4. Actual salary £22,842 to £23,393 per annum.

Teaching Assistant and Mid-day Meal Supervisor job summary

Do you have a passion for working with children?

We are seeking an inspirational Teaching Assistant and with vision and high expectations for learning to work across our school, within a whole class setting and on an individual basis. The position may entail providing a child with 1:1 support and will include the supervision of children on the playground during playtimes and lunchbreaks.

Experience working with children, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and a strong commitment to teamwork are essential.

Experience working with children with special needs would be an advantage.

As a member of our team you will:

Be part of a learning community committed to achieving the best for our children.

Learn about our creative and innovative approaches to teaching and learning.

Be part of a forward thinking, dynamic team of professionals who see children at the heart of the learning process.

Have high expectations, understand the importance of, and promote the principles of inclusion to enable every child to overcome barriers to learning and reach their potential.

Wingfield Primary School is a 2-3 form entry school judged as outstanding by OFSTED. We are part of The Compass Partnership of Schools, an innovative and forward-thinking Trust based in Essex and Greenwich. This unique partnership provides immense opportunities to develop the quality of provision and outcomes for children across our schools.

The Compass Partnership of Schools is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all pupils. As the duties of this post involve regular contact with children, any offer to the successful candidates will be conditional upon an Enhanced Disclosure being obtained via the Disclosure and Barring Service. This post is exempt from the rehabilitation of Offenders Act (1974).

Our successful candidate will also be health checked and references will be requested before appointment, the post is permanent and is subject to a satisfactory probation period.

We are an equal opportunities employer.

Working hours are 08:45 - 15:45 with a 30 minute lunch break: 32.50 hours per week 39 weeks per year - term time plus 5 inset days.

The Interview process will include a short observation of you working with a small group of our children.

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 Wingfield Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 646 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wingfield Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wingfield-primary-school-london

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