Midday Supervisor

Initio Learning Trust; Bridport; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A local educational institution in Bridport is looking for a caring and confident individual to join the lunchtime supervision team. Responsibilities include ensuring pupil safety, encouraging good behavior during meals, and providing welfare support. This part-time role requires working 7.5 hours per week, term time only, with shifts from Monday to Friday. Candidates should be good communicators and team players, contributing to a positive lunchtime environment for students.

Qualifications

• Good timekeeper.
• Caring and confident when dealing with pupils.
• Good communicator and calm organizer.

Responsibilities

• Supervise children in dining areas and playgrounds.
• Ensure children are safe and secure.
• Promote good conduct and behavior.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

Caring attitude

Organizational skills

Job description

Responsibilities

• Supervise children in dining areas, playgrounds, classrooms or other part of the school premises.
• Ensure children are safe and secure.
• Encourage pupils to eat in a socially acceptable manner and behave sensibly and quietly in the dining area.
• Act as a role model, promoting good conduct and behaviour; deal with any problems arising from unruly behaviour or other breaches of the schools' rules and report serious issues to senior members of staff.
• Assist with associated duties such as cleaning up spillages, ensuring tables are clean, packing tables away.
• Provide welfare support to the pupils.
• Make lunchtimes a happy and fun period.
• Attend and contribute to regular staff meetings and in‑service training; identify areas of personal practice and experience to develop.
• Be aware of safeguarding and confidential issues linked to home/child/teacher/school work and keep confidences appropriately.

Bridport Primary School currently has a vacancy to join our friendly, hardworking and experienced lunchtime team. You will be required to work 7.5 hours per week, term time only. Monday to Fridays 12.00‑1.30pm, which may be subject to change according to business needs.

Your key attributes: a good timekeeper, caring and confident when dealing with pupils, a good communicator, a calm organiser and able to work well in a team.

Interview Date: week commencing 8 December 2025 ‑ date to be confirmed.

We are a community school who work hard together to give the best possible care and education to our children, rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted in March 2023. We are passionate about working closely with our families and understanding their unique needs. We strive to give rich and varied experiences to all, endeavouring to understand and embrace one another's unique qualities, talents and skills. The aim is that this learning will give them good life chances and choices in the future: “Learning today for our tomorrow.”