Midday Supervisor Assistant (Primary, Bulrush Lane, Hellingly)

Hailsham Academy; Hailsham; On-site; GBP 4,000 - 4,600; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working approach

Staff recognition initiatives

Local Government Pension Scheme/TEPS

Generous annual leave entitlement (for

Employee Wellbeing Support via EAP

Staff surveys & forums

Blue Light Card discounts

Gym & Exercise Classes access at Upl 4

Free parking onsite

Job summary

Hailsham Academy is seeking a Midday Supervisory Assistant to help provide a safe, happy lunchtime experience for primary pupils. The role requires a friendly and caring approach and teamwork with colleagues to support pupils during lunch breaks.

The position is part-time (7.5 hours per week), term-time only, Monday to Friday 11:45am–1:15pm, across our split-site campus in East Sussex.

Qualifications

• Friendly, caring and enthusiastic attitude.
• Experience with children is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Create a safe, happy and fun lunchtime experience for our primary pupils.
• Support pupils during lunch breaks and contribute to a positive playground environment.

Job description

Midday Supervisory Assistant (MDSA)

Start date: as soon as possible

Grade/Salary: Single Status Grade 2 Point 4, currently £24,413 per annum, full time equivalent. Actual salary: £4,275

Contract: Permanent, part time, term time only, 7.5 hours per week Monday - Friday 11.45am - 1.15pm

We are looking for a friendly and caring person who is keen to make a difference every day. The successful person will need to be enthusiastic and be ready to help create a safe, happy, and fun lunchtime experience for our primary pupils. If you enjoy working with children, being part of a supportive team, and bringing energy to the playground, we would love to hear from you.

Benefits of working with us:

• Flexible working approach
• Staff recognition initiatives
• Eligibility to join the Local Government Pension Scheme/Teacher’s Pension Scheme
• Generous annual leave entitlement (support staff)
• Access to Wellbeing Support through our Employee Assistance Programme, this includes free confidential telephone and face to face counselling
• Opportunities to share your views through staff surveys and forums
• Eligibility to access Blue Light Card and discounts
• Discounted use of Gym & Exercise Classes at Uplands Academy
• Free parking available onsite or within close proximity to all our schools

Hailsham Academy is a split site, all through school serving 1,500 students in the secondary phase and approximately 400 students in the primary phase. We are situated close to Eastbourne and the south coast, just minutes from a National Park and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Our staff travel to Hailshamfrom a variety of locations within thesoutheast, including Brighton, Uckfield, Seaford, Eastbourne, Bexhilland Tunbridge Wells.

In the early part of 2018, we were approached by the Local Authority to provide a new Primary and Pre-school provision within the town. In September 2019 we opened a brand-new school approximately a mile from the Secondary site, thus extending the designation of the Trust to a 2-19 all-through school. Since our last Ofsted inspection in March 2023, there have been some important changes that have taken place across the secondary phase of the college, including changes to our leadership structure, a revised pastoral structure to ensure we are providing effective support to our students, and a renewed focus on the quality of education and curriculum implementation.

We joined MARK Education Trust in September 2025 as both Beacon Academy and Uplands Academy are based in East Sussex and, like us, the Trust believes in the importance of schools retaining their unique identity whilst working in partnership. There are many benefits that this will bring to Hailsham Academy, as these links will support us in building on excellent teaching and learning throughout the Academy and will enable us to provide further support for our students as we build capacity and make efficiencies.

Our vision is to provide the best possible education for all of our students and to be an exceptional and high-performing school, locally and nationally. We do this by relentlessly sustaining our culture that is highly aspirational and ambitious for excellence in all we do.

Our strategy for the future is rightly ambitious. We are uncompromising in our ambition and pursuing excellence at every level. We have a rigorous focus on consistent improvement and work meticulously to secure our culture of unapologetically high standards. Underpinning this is our shared belief in, and ambition for, the students of Hailsham Academy, and the experienced, loyal, highly skilled and highly effective team of staff who teach them.

All schools within MARK Education Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to disclosure and barring service checks along with other relevant employee checks.