Lunchtime Controller

Birch Hill Primary School is seeking a caring, reliable, and enthusiastic Lunchtime Controller to join our dedicated team. This vital role involves supervising children - across all year groups - during the lunch break, ensuring their safety and wellbeing, and promoting positive behaviour and play. As a Lunchtime Controller, you will help create a happy and inclusive environment where children feel supported and encouraged.

If you enjoy working with children and want to make a meaningful contribution to their school experience, we would love to hear from you.

• hard working and committed and will be able to inspire, motivate and encourage children at all levels
• able to monitor the children's activities prior to, during and after lunch to minimise the risks to themselves or others
• will take an active part in promoting the values of the school during the lunch hour so that social, emotional, and educational learning is promoted
• able to ensure that the lunchtime provision offers children a variety of stimulating learning through facilitating games, clubs, and activities
• will ensure that all accidents are recorded in the accident book and reported to the teacher/s in order that any appropriate action may be taken.
• able to observe Health and Safety regulations relating to the school at all times, including first aid

• Enjoys working with children
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Is reliable
• Can show initiative and work independently as required
• The ability to develop positive and caring relationships with children
• Comfortable working with children of different ages and with children who may have additional complex needs

Birch Hill Primary School is part of Maiden Erlegh Trust, a supportive, ambitious organisation committed to developing its staff and providing high-quality education across the community. As part of the Trust, colleagues benefit from:
A dedicated and supportive staff team.
Opportunities for professional development and progression.
A forward-thinking Trust with strong values and a commitment to inclusion.
Access to employee wellbeing initiatives and support.

Maiden Erlegh Trust is committed to safeguarding, equality and promoting the welfare of children and staff. All employees are expected to share these commitments. All posts require satisfactory employment checks and references and an enhanced DBS check. Leadership roles additionally require a Section 128 check.

Maiden Erlegh Trust is a growing community of schools across Berkshire and Oxfordshire, working together to deliver the best possible education for every child and young person. With around 750 staff and 4,500 students across nine schools, including primary, secondary, special, and alternative provision, we are proud of the diversity that shapes our expertise.

We Aim High, Be Inclusive, and Work Together. These values drive our focus on high-quality education for all, through collaboration, inclusion, and continuous improvement.

Through the Maiden Erlegh Institute, colleagues access high-quality professional learning at every stage of their career, supported by mentoring, leadership opportunities, and our annual MET Staff Conference, a day that unites our whole team in sharing best practice and learning.

Joining our Trust means being part of a community that invests in people and values expertise - it is about playing a direct role in shaping the lives and outcomes of young people.

You can learn more about working with us and hear from colleagues across our Trust here on our website.

We are a two-form entry community school serving the Birch Hill and Hanworth districts of Bracknell Forest. In addition to the main school, we offer a nursery and a Specialist Resource Provision (SRP) catering for children with ASD and MLD. We can accommodate 420 children, plus 26 spaces in our nursery, which offers flexible 30 hours a week. The school is organised into two Key Stages - EYFS/ KS1 and KS2.

Our motto is:
Learn, Believe, Achieve Together. We set high standards of work and achieve this through providing a curriculum that also develops children's belief that they can achieve their highest aspiration, while working closely with parents and the whole community. With that in mind we greatly value our partnership with parents. We believe that working together is the best way to ensure our children develop a solid…