Lunchtime Supervisor - Grove Vale Primary

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs); Birmingham; On-site; GBP 3,500 - 3,600; Part time

Job summary

We Manage Jobs(WMJobs) is seeking a School Meals Supervisor at Grove Vale Primary School in Birmingham. The role involves supervising pupils during lunch time, assisting with meals, and ensuring safety and order in and around dining and play areas.

Applicants must pass safeguarding checks, including an enhanced DBS, and demonstrate fluency in English. The position is term-time only with specific hours and a pro-rata salary depending on weekly hours.

Qualifications

• Safeguarding checks and enhanced DBS required.
• Excellent command of English essential for interview and role.

Responsibilities

• Supervise pupils during school lunch time under direction of Senior/Principal Supervisory Assistant.
• Assist with hand-washing before and after meals and escort pupils to dining room.
• Help pupils with table manners, use of cutlery, and serving where needed.
• Supervise return of dining room equipment and clean spillages or mess.
• Oversee playground activities and manage pupil behaviour in line with school policy.
• Undertake first aid duties and participate in supervisory training.
• Report any concerns to the Senior/Principal Supervisory Assistant and support safeguarding duties.

Job description

The duties of a School Meals Supervisor involve the safe supervision of pupils during the lunch period and would normally include the following:

• Working under the direction of the Senior/Principal Supervisory Assistant to supervise children during the school lunch time.
• Supervision of hand-washing before and after meals.
• Escorting children to and from school to the dining room
• Assisting the children with table manners, use of cutlery, cutting of meat, serving etc.
• Supervision of return of table equipment to ‘Returns’ counter
• Cleaning up any spillages etc in the Dining Room classroom and toilets
• Supervision of children before and after the meal and playground duty
• Organising games and activities in line with school’s policy for enrichment activities
• Controlling behaviour of pupils in the playground or indoors in line with the school’s policy
• Co-operating with staff working with pupils participating in lunchtime activities.
• Undertaking first aid duties.
• Undertaking any appropriate supervisory assistant training
• Reporting any concerns to the Senior/Principal Supervisory Assistant

Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.The successful applicant will be required to undertake all relevant safeguarding checks and an enhanced DBS check.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and is eligible for an enhanced DBS check including a Children’s Barring List Check.If you are barred from working with children you are breaking the law if you apply for this post

Further information relating to our school, including our policies can be found on our website Grove Vale Primary School

If you have provided an email address, correspondence will be sent via e-mail.

We are committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination.

We are a Disability Confident Employer, we have a positive approach to employing disabled people and guarantee an interview for applicants who disclose they would like to be considered under this scheme and meet the essential criteria.

If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, be sure to include these on your application.

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

Online Search

An online search will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates. This search does not form part of the shortlisting process and you will have the opportunity to discuss any issues of concern that may arise from this search at the interview.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applications.

Hours:5.83 hours per week Monday-Friday (1 hour, ten minutes per day, term time only)

Grade:Grade B, SCP 4 £25,185 p.a. (Actual Salary £3,465 - £3,510 p.a.)

Location:Grove Vale Primary School, 16 Monksfield Ave, Birmingham B43 6AL

Closing Date:Friday 2nd October 2026 by 12 noon

Shortlisting: Monday 5th October 2026

Interviews: w/c Monday 12th October 2026