Midday Supervisory Assistant

St George's School; Newport; On-site; GBP 3,400 - 4,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Adaptable staff team

Creative learning environment

Career development training

Job summary

St George's School in Newport, Isle of Wight, is seeking a Midday Supervisory Assistant to help supervise pupils during the midday break. You will lay up and clear away eating equipment and assist with feeding individual children, while promoting safe, positive behaviours.

The role is term-time only, permanent, 10 hours per week (2 hours daily, Mon–Fri, 11:30–13:30). A full enhanced DBS is required and safeguarding is central to practice.

Qualifications

• Excellent ability to build good relationships with colleagues and pupils.
• Willingness to undertake training as necessary.
• Understanding of safeguarding and ability to uphold it in practice.

Responsibilities

• Supervise pupils during the midday break across school premises.
• Lay up and clear away eating equipment and assist with feeding individual children as required.
• Encourage appropriate behaviours and eating skills while maintaining a safe environment.

Skills

Relationship building

Training willingness

Safeguarding

Job description

Midday Supervisory Assistant

St George's School, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 1XW

12 days remaining to apply

As soon as possible

16 September 2026 at 11:59pm

3 September 2026

Job details

Job role

• Other support role

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time: 10 hours per week – 2 hours per day (Mon – Fri, 11.30 – 13.30), term-time only (38 weeks)

Contract type

Permanent

Pay scale

What skills and experience we're looking for

It is essentialthat applicants possess the following:

• Anability to build good relationships with colleagues and pupils
• Awillingness to undertake training as necessary
• Anunderstanding of, and willingness to hold safeguarding at the centre oftheir practice.

What the school offers its staff

We can offer:

• The opportunity to be part of an adaptable, committedand skilled staff team.
• A creative learning environment, timetable andcurriculum.
• A wide range of training opportunities for careerdevelopment.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Working at St George’s School means being part of asupportive, inclusive environment where every student is valued. Our staff workwith children and young people with a wide range of Special Educational Needsand Disabilities (SEND), including those who may present with physicalbehaviours. Many of our students also require support with personal care andmedical administration as part of their daily routines.

Applicants should be resilient and committed tocompassionate, person‑centred support, confident in building trustingrelationships with learners with diverse and complex needs, while upholdingstrong safeguarding practice.

Our school values are Perseverance, Aspiration,Independence and Respect.

As an MSA, youwill ensure the safety, welfare and good conduct of pupils during the middaybreak period, in order to maintain a healthy, clean and safe learningenvironment for pupils and staff.

Your role willinclude the supervision of pupils across school premises, laying up andclearing away of eating equipment and feeding individual children as required,whilst encouraging appropriate behaviours and eating skills.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare ofchildren and expect all our staff to share this commitment. An enhanced DBScheck is required for the successful applicant.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):

• childcare disqualification
• Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
• medical
• online and social media
• prohibition from teaching
• right to work
• satisfactory references
• suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

St George's School is a unique provision for SEN as a secondary school for students with severe and complex needs.

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