School Crossing Patrol Officer

London Borough of Hounslow; Hounslow; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

The London Borough of Hounslow is seeking a dedicated School Crossing Patrol Officer to help children and families cross safely at designated points during busy school start and finish times. You will work term-time only, outdoors, and receive training and ongoing support from the Road Safety Team to build community safety and confidence among residents.

Responsibilities include supervising the crossing, monitoring traffic, and forming positive relationships with pupils, parents and road users

Qualifications

• Enhanced DBS required or to be obtained.
• Ability to communicate clearly with children, parents and road users.
• Flexibility to work outdoors in all weather conditions.

Responsibilities

• Supervise a designated crossing point to ensure safe passage of pedestrians.
• Monitor traffic and make safe, timely decisions.
• Build positive relationships with pupils, parents and road users.
• Work independently while ensuring punctuality and safety.

Skills

Communication skills

Reliability

Outdoor work

Safety awareness

Job description

About Us At Hounslow

We’d love you to join us at the London Borough of Hounslow! Our people are deeply committed to providing excellent services to our residents, doing all we can to make lives as good as they can be.

We are an outstanding council, serving an outstanding borough.

With brilliant, visionary leadership, a dynamic Cabinet and a can-do culture, we’ve built strong partnerships which have transformed how we serve one of London’s most diverse boroughs. Hounslow is the world in one place and full of potential. We are stepping up for our residents like never before.

About Our Commitment To Diversity And Inclusion

We live by five core values: Lead with Heart, Do New, Pass on the Power, Harness the Mix and Be a Rock. All our work has equality, diversity and inclusion at its very heart, best articulated in “Harness the Mix”. It's about breaking down barriers between our parts and people and unlocking the problem‑solving power of our amazing mix of minds. We serve a diverse community, we have a diverse workforce and we are committed to being an inclusive employer.

We work hard to create representation across our workforce and leadership community, we have thriving employee network groups and our learning and development programmes help us lead, model and breathe ways of working that eliminate inequality, inequity, injustice and bias.

As part of this and under our commitments as a Disability Confident Employer, we make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. There’s space for you to tell us what you need within our application form.

About The Role

Are you looking for a rewarding and meaningful role that helps keep children, families and local residents safe? As a School Crossing Patrol Officer, you will play an important part in ensuring pedestrians can cross the road safely during busy school drop‑off and pick‑up times.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys being outdoors, communicates confidently with all road users, and wants to contribute directly to the wellbeing of their local community. You will receive full training, ongoing support, and a full uniform.

This is a term time only role, which makes it ideal if you prefer to have school holidays off.

• Supervise a designated crossing point to ensure the safe passage of children and adults on their journey to and from school.


• This post supports Nishkam School West London, and we are recruiting for a School Crossing Patrol position located at the main entrance of the school on Syon Lane, Osterley, Middlesex, TW7 5PN.


• Monitor traffic and road conditions to make safe, confident decisions.


• Build positive relationships with parents, pupils, pedestrians and road users.


• Work independently while maintaining punctuality and safety -focused mindset.

This role operates during term‑time only with the following duty times (Monday to Friday) 7:45 – 8:45am and 2:35 – 3:35pm.

About The Team You’ll Be Working In

You will work independently at your designated crossing site during term time, helping children and families travel safely. Although the role is site-based and outdoors, you will be fully supported and managed by the Road Safety Team, who lead road safety initiatives across the borough. The School Crossing Patrol Team Leader will provide guidance, training and ongoing supervision to ensure you feel confident and well‑supported in your role. Your work directly contributes to safer, more accessible travel for the whole community.

About You

• Able to community clearly and appropriately with children, parents, local pedestrians and road users.


• Confident in judging traffic conditions and making safe, timely decisions to protect pedestrians.


• Reliable and able to work independently with minimal supervision.


• Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions.


• Available to work during duty times: 7:45 – 8:45 and 2:35 – 3:35, Monday to Friday during term time.


• Must be prepared to undertake training as and when required.

Essential For The Role

Enhanced DBS

When Interviews Will Be Held And Who To Contact

The key information you need about the role should be in the role profile, but if you have any further questions about the role, please contact:

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Interviews for this job will be held during week commencing 09/11/2026