Midday Assistant

eTeach UK Limited; Stalybridge; On-site; GBP 5,000; Part time

Job summary

An educational trust is looking for a Midday Assistant to support children at lunch and playground. The role requires working part-time, 7.5 hours per week during term time. Candidates should enjoy working with children and demonstrate strong communication, organization, and teamwork skills. The position starts on February 23, 2026, and ends on August 31, 2026, with an actual salary of £4,352. Applications close on January 16, 2026.

Qualifications

• Enjoy working with children and able to provide support during lunch.
• Demonstrate organization, flexibility, patience, and understanding.
• Able to communicate clearly with staff and pupils.

Responsibilities

• Assist children during lunchtime and provide playground supervision.
• Work independently and as part of a team.
• Read with individual children for 30 minutes each day.

Skills

Communication

Organization

Teamwork

Flexibility

Patience

Job description

The Trustees at Victorious Academies Trust would like to appoint a Midday Assistant at Wild Bank Community School, Demesne Drive, Stalybridge, SK15 2PG. Our Trust’s vision is to support young people to develop the aspiration, motivation and to be successful; we have high ambitions for all young people in our academies and all roles at our academy are central to ensuring that we work to support this.

Wild Bank Community School

Wild Bank is a one‑form entry school with 31 staff and 146 pupils aged between 3 and 11. Wild Bank’s school motto is ‘Working together we can achieve our best’.

Details about the role

To start Monday 23rd February 2026 to 31st August 2026
Midday Assistant full‑time Salary £24,413
The role is fixed‑term, part‑time 7.5 hours per week, Term Time Only, with an actual salary £4,352 (Grade A Point 2).
Part‑Time: Monday to Friday 12:00pm to 1:30pm

Responsibilities

• The purpose of the role is to assist the children during lunchtime and to provide playground support and supervision, including basic medical care and reporting where necessary.
• You will be working both inside and outside the school building and will need to be able to work independently using initiative and as part of a team.
• You will need to enjoy working with children and demonstrate organisation, flexibility, patience and understanding.
• You must be able to communicate clearly with, and relate positively to, all members of staff and pupils.
• Part of this role is to read with individual children for 30 minutes each day.

For more details about the role please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.
For more details about our Trust and our schools please see attached Trust Recruitment Pack.

Selection process

• Applications close at 09:00 on Friday 16th January 2026 although the Trust reserves the right to close the process early if suitable candidates are identified through our selection process.
• Interviews will take place on Monday 26th January 2026.
• Visits to the school are encouraged and warmly welcomed.

Victorious Academies Trust has a commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and/or young people. We have robust processes and procedures to reduce risk and continuously promote a positive culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. The role described involves working with children and/or young people and is subject to Victorious Academies Trust’s Safer Recruitment Process.

All support staff roles within our Trust have a probationary period of three months.
All posts require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).