Midday Supervisor

Ridgewood School; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 7,200 - 9,000; Part time

Job summary

Ridgewood School in Doncaster is seeking a friendly and adaptable Midday Supervisor to join our team. You will provide day-to-day supervision of students over the lunchtime period, ensuring safe and enjoyable breaks for all pupils.

The role involves managing entry and exit from the lunch area, supervising the dining hall, reporting incidents, and taking action to minimise disruption while keeping pupils safe. Training and annual reviews are part of the role.

Responsibilities

• Supervise students at lunchtime to ensure safe and enjoyable breaks
• Manage students’ entrance and exit from the lunch area in an orderly manner
• Supervise the dining hall and report any incidents of serious misbehaviour per policy
• Take action to minimise disruption and harm to pupils in line with behaviour policy
• Ensure children tidy up after themselves and leave the dining hall in a tidy condition
• Clean up food and water spillages and supervise toilet arrangements
• Undertake training as required and participate in annual reviews
• Adhere to health, safety and welfare responsibilities and school policies

Job description

Main Duties and Responsibilities

To help supervise students at lunchtime, ensuring that they have an enjoyable and safe break:

Manage students’ entrance and exit from the lunch area in an orderly manner.

Supervision of the dining hall.

Report any incidents of serious misbehaviour to the relevant staff member, in line with the school’s behaviour policy.

Take necessary action to minimise disruption and harm to pupils, in line with the school’s behaviour policy.

Make sure children tidy up after themselves in the lunch area.

Leaving the dining hall in a tidy condition.

Clean up food and water spillages.

Supervising toilet arrangements.

Miscellaneous

Undertake appropriate training as required in order to be able to undertake the duties and responsibilities that are required.

To undertake such other duties that may from time to time be reasonably requested.

To participate in the process of annual review.

To be aware of the responsibility for personal Health, Safety and Welfare and that of others who may be affected by your actions or inactions.

To co-operate with the employer on all issues to do with Health, Safety and Welfare.

20 hours per week term time only. Monday to Friday 10.10am-2.10pm.

All employees contribute to the safety and wellbeing of the children and young people in the school.

This job role sits alongside the requirement for staff to abide by all school policies and relevant national and local requirements including terms and conditions and national standards. This job profile is not exhaustive and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties as necessary and appropriate.

All posts at the school are subject to a six month probationary period. Confirmation of the position is subject to satisfactory completion of this period.

What makes Ridgewood School special?

At Ridgewood School we are extremely proud of our school and the high quality of education that we provide, including our popular and highly successful Sixth Form. Our school motto, ‘Prepare for the road ahead,’ represents our belief in preparing our students for their future, not only in terms of academic achievement, but also in terms of the training, enrichment and experiences which will enable them to become model citizens and responsible members of the community. Our school values: Respect-Responsibility-Resilience, underpin what we do every day and contribute to our ethos in everything we undertake as a school community. In our most recent Ofsted, we achieved a ‘Good’ rating in all categories, and we are committed to this trajectory of success for our students as we aspire to move from ‘Good to Great.’ As part of this journey, in July 2023, we joined Leger Education Trust and collaborate with other schools within the trust to develop both our students and staff and be the very best that we can be.

We are looking to appoint a friendly and adaptable Midday Supervisor to join our existing team. The successful candidate will provide day to day supervision of students over the lunchtime period.

Why is the role of Midday Supervisor right for you?

We are committed to offering the staff who work at Ridgewood every opportunity to become the best they can be. Our training packages, for staff at all stages of their careers, are second to none. As well as our whole school and departmental training, we also offer a personalised coaching programme, NPQs and bespoke CPD, relevant to the person’s role. In 2025, we received the Teacher Development Trust Gold Award, demonstrating our commitment and passion to providing excellent CPD for all teaching and associate staff.

If you are seeking a dynamic, innovative and caring school, dedicated to the development of staff and our students’ success, Ridgewood is the school for you.

We strongly encourage visits from potential candidates - please contact the school to arrange this.

The closing date for this post is 9am Tuesday 29 September 2026. Interviews will be held soon after.

Ridgewood School reserve the right to close this advert prior to the closing date above.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants will undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post, including checks with past employers. The role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS certificate, the role is engaged in regulated activity and will therefore require a children’s barred list check. Shortlisted Applicants will be required to complete a self-disclosure.

The school operates a no smoking policy.