Lunch Time Supervisor

St Mary's Church of England Primary School; Metchley; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Part time

Job summary

St Mary's Church of England Primary School in the United Kingdom is seeking a caring lunchtime supervisor to join our well-established team. You will help ensure the safety and welfare of pupils during lunch, both inside and in the playground, and support a positive lunchtime experience.

No prior experience is required as full training and support will be provided. You should be reliable, punctual and enthusiastic about working with children; safeguarding and English language compliance apply.

Qualifications

• Confident to communicate with adults and children.
• Happy to work both indoors and outside.
• Kind and compassionate.
• Confident to share our high expectations with our pupils.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the safety and welfare of pupils during lunchtime, inside the building and in the playground.
• Supervise children and organise play to ensure a positive lunchtime experience.
• Demonstrate good interpersonal skills, be trustworthy, reliable, punctual and enthusiastic about working with children.

Skills

Communication

Outdoor/Indoor work

Kind and compassionate

High expectations

Job description

Come and join our friendly and supportive staff team.

We are looking to appoint a Lunchtime supervisor with the following qualities:

• Confident in communicating with adults and children;
• Happy to work both indoors and outside;
• Kind and compassionate;
• Confident to share our high expectations with our pupils.

What we can offer:

• A supportive and positive working environment where staff wellbeing is important;
• A team of 8 immediate colleagues who will support you in your induction to our school;
• Kind and well behaved children who (with reminders!) are respectful to adults;
• A job in a school with a strong ethos where we all work to bring out the best in each other.

Job Start Date: 1st November 2026 or ASAP

We are looking to appoint a caring, responsible and observant person to join our well-established and committed lunchtime team.

You will be responsible for the safety and welfare of the pupils during lunchtime, both inside the building and outside in the playground.

You will be involved in the supervision of children and the organisation of play to ensure they have a positive lunchtime experience.

You will need good interpersonal skills, and must be trustworthy, reliable, punctual and enthusiastic about working with children.

Previous experience is not essential as full training and support will be provided.

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

Safeguarding

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff to share this commitment. As this is our top priority, we encourage applicants to review our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy.

The successful candidate will be subject to all necessary pre-employment checks, including:

enhanced DBS; Prohibition check; Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. A birth certificate and proof of any name changes will be required.

References

All applicants will be required to provide two suitable references.

Short-listed candidates

An online search will also be carried out as part of due diligence on all short-listed candidates.

Rehabilitation of Offenders

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’, so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guide.