Midday Supervisor - Hugo Meynell CofE Primary School

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Job summary

A local primary school is seeking a Midday Supervisor to provide quality lunchtime supervision for children during their break. The role involves supporting children in the dining room and playground, promoting positive behavior, and ensuring their personal needs are met. Ideal candidates should be enthusiastic, able to work as part of a team, and relate well to both children and adults. Training in basic first aid will be provided. This part-time position offers competitive pay and supports a positive school environment.

Benefits

Local Government Pension Scheme

First Aid training provided

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic approach to supporting children's needs during lunch breaks.
• Availability for training in first aid.
• Ability to engage effectively with children during activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision during lunchtime.
• Support children's dining room behavior.
• Assist in playground activities and personal needs.

Skills

Ability to work as part of a team

Relate well to children and adults

Administer basic first aid

Job description

Midday Supervisor

Part Time, Permanent Contract – 5 Hours per Week

Working Monday to Friday during Term Time only.

Working hours to be agreed between 11.45am and 1.15pm depending on school needs.

Salaries: £12.85 per hour

Local Government Pension Scheme

This position benefits from membership of the Local Governor Pension Scheme.

Staffordshire County Council also make a generous employer contribution (currently 29.6%) to this for scheme members.

Hugo Meynell Primary School is looking to appoint an enthusiastic Lunchtime Supervisor to provide high quality lunchtime supervision to our children during the school lunch break.

The role will include supporting our children in the dining room, promoting positive pupil behaviour, assisting the children with table manners and helping to clear away plates and cutlery.

The role will also include assisting with the children’s personal needs as well as interacting and supporting in playground activities.

You will be required to administer basic first aid for minor injuries. First aid training will be available.

The ideal candidates should be able to work as part of a team, and relate well to children and adults.

Application process: If you are interested in this post, please request an application pack from the school office. All application forms should be returned to the school by email or in person. Candidates who are short‑listed will be contacted by phone or e‑mail. The full job description is attached to this advert, but if you would like more information please contact the school office.

Safeguarding information

Hugo Meynell Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The person appointed will be engaging in regulated activity with children. This is because they will either:

• Be responsible on a regular basis in a school for teaching, instructing, caring for or supervising children, be working on a regular basis in a school, where the work gives opportunity for unsupervised contact with children,

OR

• Engage in intimate or personal care, even if this happens only once.

It is an offence to apply for this vacancy if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. A policy statement on the recruitment of ex‑offenders can be found on the school website https://www.hugomeynell.co.uk/vacancies/

The successful candidate will be subject to necessary pre‑employment checks, including: an enhanced DBS, Prohibition List, Barred List, Childcare Disqualification (where applicable); qualifications (where applicable); medical fitness; identity and right to work. All applicants will be required to provide two suitable professional references.

In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education, and as part of our pre‑employment checks, publicly available social media profiles of shortlisted candidates will be reviewed before interview.

Hugo Meynell Primary School’s Safeguarding Policy and Child Protection arrangements are available on the school website at the following page: https://www.hugomeynell.co.uk/safeguarding/

Application Details

All applications must be submitted on an application form. We are unable to accept CV applications.

Closing date for applications: 6pm Thursday 1st January 2026

Interviews will take place on Wednesday 14th January 2026

Hugo Meynell Primary School,

Eccleshall Road,

Loggerheads,

Market Drayton, Shropshire, TF9 4NU

01630 672287

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