Teaching Assistant with additional Mid-Day Meal Supervisor role
Betty Layward Primary School, London, N16 9EX16 days remaining to apply
Start date details
January 2025
Closing date
5 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
19 November 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: 25 hours per week as a Teaching Assistant and 5 hours per week as a Mid-Day Meal Supervisor
Contract type
- Fixed term - 12 months
Full-time equivalent salary
- Teaching Assistant £31,980 pro rata (25 hours per week), Mid-Day Meal Supervisor £29,808 pro rata (5 hours per week)
What skills and experience we're looking for
We are looking for a TA to work with pupils to support them with their learning
combined with an added role of Mid-Day Meals supervisor during the lunchtime.
You will need to be:
Able to use your own initiative
Able to work as part of a team
Imaginative and able to make resources
Interested in working with children who may be experiencing a range of
difficulties
Literate and numerate
The ability to establish a good rapport with children from a broad range of
languages and cultures.
Speech and Language experience
Good Behaviour management skills
The successful candidate must meet the requirements of the person
specification in order to be offered
What the school offers its staff
Betty Layward is a popular school with a vibrant and supportive staff and parent/carer
community. Our children are keen, independent and happy and our school is a lovely
environment to work in.
We want our children to feel confident, to enjoy learning, to see themselves as successful
lifelong learners and to have responsible attitudes towards themselves and others. We
have an ethos of high aspirations, high achievement and continuous improvement.
We can offer you:
• a calm, welcoming and friendly environment
• a truly committed and creative staff
• active and supportive parents and governors
• inspirational, friendly and talented children
Further information about the job
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 job requires you to download an application form, you will be able to upload the application once complete.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
Upload additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About Betty Layward Primary School
- School type
- Local authority maintained school, ages 3 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 446 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Betty Layward Primary School website
- Email address
- admin@bettylayward.org
- Phone number
- 020 7249 7111
Betty Layward is a unique and welcoming two form entry school where we believe that every child has the right to reach their potential. We understand that as the world is ever-changing potential will blossom if children are prepared for life with the skills to advance, adapt and grow. Our duty as a school is to inspire, develop and nurture every child to have the confidence to learn. We believe that no child should be left behind. At Betty Layward we know that children learn best when they feel valued, cared for and are given a variety of opportunities to express themselves creatively.
At Betty Layward we believe that potential is not just limited to academic success. We actively promote an environment where each child achieves their full potential through a creative, broad and enriched curriculum that promotes a love of learning. Art, Sport, Music and Drama are core elements of our curriculum and we strive to ensure that they continue to be valued.
At Betty Layward we:
Keep children at the centre of all we do
Have high expectations of ourselves and all our learners
Recognise the contribution that everyone can make to children’s learning
Encourage everyone to be a problem solver with a ‘can do’ attitude
Build self confidence by supporting risk taking
Provide challenging active learning that gives choice and independence
and encourages thinking
Ensure our school is an inclusive, stimulating environment that reflects
and celebrates our creative learning
Make use of our location so that pupils experience and feel part of
London
Enable our pupils to understand they are citizens of a wider global
community.
We believe that the education of our children is a shared responsibility between home and school. We work in close partnership with families to ensure that our children have a positive and rewarding journey throughout their time at Betty Layward. We actively encourage parental and family involvement in our school through volunteering, school trips and our active PTFA. We also run various workshops for parents throughout the academic year. This helps to create an environment where the children feel happy, confident and secure.
Being part of the Betty Layward community is a pleasure and a privilege. We are a friendly, inspiring and thoroughly inclusive place to learn.
Arranging a visit to Betty Layward Primary School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email admin@bettylayward.org.
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