Wrap Care Lead & MDSA - School Support Pro
Listed on 2026-09-11
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Education / Teaching
Child Development/Support -
Child Care/Nanny
Child Development/Support
Location: Brighton and Hove
The working hours for this role are expected to be 19 hours per week, 38 weeks per year. The start date for this role is as soon as possible. Interviews are currently scheduled to take place during the week commencing 07 September 2026.
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School is seeking to appoint a dynamic and forward-thinking individual. As a member of staff within our Trust, you will contribute to a collaborative working environment and play a key role in supporting the learning and development of all pupils.
Wrap Around Care Leader: BSC - 1 hour per day, 5 days per week and ASC - 2.25 hours per day, 4 days per week (Monday to Thursday)
The Wrap Around Care Leader is responsible for leading the day-to-day organisation of provision, ensuring a high standard of care while creating a safe, secure, and stimulating environment for children. They plan, prepare, and deliver inclusive play activities that support children’s social, physical, emotional, and intellectual development, while also meeting individual needs and promoting independence. The role involves supervising staff, maintaining resources, ensuring safeguarding and health and safety procedures are followed, and supporting positive behaviour in line with school policies.
In addition, the leader builds strong relationships with children, parents, and colleagues, communicates effectively, and continuously seeks to improve the quality of the service provided.
The Midday Supervisory Assistant (MDSA) is responsible for ensuring the safety, welfare, and good conduct of children during the lunchtime period, supervising them in dining and play areas while promoting positive behaviour in line with school policies. The role includes setting up and clearing the dining environment, cleaning tables and equipment, and maintaining a tidy and safe space for pupils throughout the lunch break.
The MDSA also provides basic first aid, reports accidents or illnesses, and communicates effectively with children and colleagues to support wellbeing and development. Additionally, the post holder is expected to uphold the school’s ethos, attend training and meetings, and contribute to safeguarding practices by maintaining a safe and supportive environment.
Your application must include a full employment history, accounting for any periods of time where you were not in active employment. To comply with safer recruitment regulations, we cannot accept applications using a CV. An incomplete application will not be considered.
This role will involve contact with children, and the post holder will be engaged in regulated activity relevant to children and will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed.
We will only submit a DBS application to the relevant disclosure service when a position is accepted.
QualificationsEvidence of recent training and experience in whole school leadership and management. essential
Relevant safeguarding qualification and/or training desirable
Skills Personal AttributesAbility to work collaboratively and lead a team essential
Our family of like-minded schools collaborate to provide mutual support, share best practice and learn from each other, whilst retaining and developing each school’s distinctive character. We believe all children and young people have the right to a great education and we seek to improve the life chances of all those we serve; it is our mission to give Every Child, Every Chance of success.
Across our Trust, we want our children and young people to be inspired by their learning, and to instil in them a motivation and aspiration to succeed in all they do. Our schools are highly inclusive and we are proud to have high expectations of our children and young people,…
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