Wareham St Mary CE Primary School Midday Assistant

Overall Purpose

Responsible for supervising pupils during the lunch break and maintaining a clean and hygienic area in which to eat food.

• Be ready at the classroom / playground five minutes before the lunchtime with the necessary equipment
• Ensure pupils have clean hands before eating
• Encourage good table manners and orderly behaviour
• Clean tables, chairs and floor, if necessary, at the end of lunchtime and return equipment to the designated area. This can begin as the children on each table all finish their meal
• Work with your colleagues to cover the playground and the classrooms / hall during any changeover
• Undertake care of all pupils during the lunchtime period, administering simple first aid as required or advising first‑aider, clearing up any sickness and circulating among the children in the eating area and playground
• Keep a check on the inside of the school throughout the lunchtime
• Report any major injury to the Head or Deputy
• Ensure that no pupil leaves the premises during the lunchtime without permission, checking and challenging any unknown persons on the site
• All visitors to the school during the lunchtime should be approached and escorted to the office
• Undertake playground duties to supervise pupils in the designated areas
• Undertake care of the pupils in the classroom if the weather is wet
• If a class is absent from school on a visit any ‘spare’ supervisor will ‘float’ to give extra assistance
• One supervisor should be responsible for the locking of the necessary outside doors during the lunch period and the unlocking at the end of the period, if required
• After lunch supervisors are to clean up in the kitchen, washing any items used (plates, knives etc.) if there are not enough kitchen staff

• It may be necessary for duties and responsibilities other than those outlined and specified to be undertaken at times

• Little or no supervisory responsibility other than assisting work familiarisation of peers and new recruits

• Professional development of the role is encouraged by the trust and the Operations Manager will undertake to arrange this, where possible, on request

• Be aware of who is the school’s Designated Safeguarding Lead
• To strictly follow the school’s policy and procedure for safeguarding children

Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the Midday Assistant role, each individual task will not be identified. It is expected that all colleagues will endeavour to deliver any tasks identified as reasonable by the Deputy Headteacher.