Midday Assistant - Gatley Primary School

Gatleyprimary; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 5,700 - 6,200; Part time

Job summary

Gatley Primary School is seeking a Midday Assistant to supervise pupils during lunch breaks and support the lunchtime team. The role is permanent, 10 hours per week during term time, based at Gatley Primary School, Hawthorn Rd, Gatley, SK8 4NB.

Appointment is ASAP with a closing date of 18 September 2026. Successful candidates will be friendly, flexible and caring with pupils, and will work under the Lunchtime Co-ordinator and Headteacher to create a safe, engaging lunchtime environment for all

Qualifications

• Experience is desirable but not required. Candidates should be enthusiastic and caring.

Responsibilities

• Supervision / playing games with children in playgrounds or classrooms in wet weather.
• Assist in developing good table manners.
• Ensure children in dining area behave in an orderly fashion with productive and fun engagement.
• Supervision of corridor area, toilets etc.
• Assist with occurrences until afternoon session starts; basic first aid in accidents or sickness.

Job description

Midday Assistant - Gatley Primary School

Job Advert

Contract: Permanent

Closing date for applications:18 September 2026, 12.00pm

Contract type: Permanent, 10 hours per week term time only
Location: Gatley Primary School, Hawthorn Rd, Gatley, Cheadle SK8 4NB
Required from: ASAP
Salary: Scale 2 Point 3 £24,796 FTE, Pro rata £5732.50 Actual £12.85 per hour
Closing date: Friday 18th September 2026 at 12:00pm
Interview date: Tuesday 22nd September 2026

About the Role:

We are seeking to appoint a efficient and self-motivated Midday Assistant.

To be responsible to the Lunchtime Co-ordinator under the overall authority of the Headteacher, for the supervision of pupils during the lunch break.

Candidates will be enthusiastic and, ideally, experienced (but not necessary) to join our
happy team at Gatley Primary School. They will need to be flexible in their approach and show a caring
attitude to all our children.

They will be responsible for all the usual lunchtime duties (see below), be able to support children calmly with any challenges which may arise, helping the children to develop socially and emotionally by working with school leaders and children to create the best lunchtime provision possible for all.

• Supervision / playing games with children in playgrounds or classrooms in wet weather.
• To assist in the development of good table manners.
• Ensure that children in the dining area are behaving in an orderly fashion by productive and fun engagement.
• Supervision of corridor area, toilets etc.
• To assist generally with occurrences arising until school recommences for the afternoon session i.e. basic first aid in accident cases, sickness etc.

About Education Learning Trust:

Education Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, educating over 3500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area. We are very proud of our inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provide over 490 employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities.

As a valued member of our Trust, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive and rewarding benefits package. This includes a highly competitive salary, a respected and generous pension scheme, and outstanding opportunities for career progression and professional development.

We are also committed to supporting your health and wellbeing, offering access to our award winning employee assistance programme and a wide range of employee benefits and discounts.

Our vision at ELT is to create an exceptional learning journey for all, by providing:

• exciting, innovative and challenging learning communities
• school improvement strategies arising from evidenced based research and professional enquiry
• opportunities for professional development and leadership
• a celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of individual settings
• innovation in practice by recognising the value of learning partnerships, both locally and nationally

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002.

All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks.

It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-ofoffenders-
act-1974.’

We are committed to fulfilling our Equality Duty obligations, including valuing equality and diversity and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.

We welcome applications from disabled candidates and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.

We expect the successful candidate to have the necessary standard of spoken English, as described under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty that requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English (or English or Welsh in Wales).