Lunchtime Supervisor

Contract type: Permanent

FTE/

Hours:

12.5 hours per week (11.00am until 14.20pm per day)

Working weeks: Term Time Only

Salary: TPLTSS1 £ 7,085 (actual salary)

Location: Worle Community School

Closing date: 16th July 2026

Interview dates: 20th July 2026

Proposed start date: 1st September 2026

Worle Community School is seeking a Lunchtime Supervisor to join our school staff team. This vital role focuses on creating a safe, healthy, and welcoming environment for students during their daily break times – lunch and break.

• Daily responsibilities include supervising students in the restaurant area and outside spaces; you will actively encourage independence by helping children develop good eating manners, proper cutlery usage, and positive habits.
• Supervisors also monitor student movement to keep the premises secure, manage dining hall setups, clean light spillages, and administer simple first aid when necessary (training provided).
• The ideal candidate possesses experience supervising children, preferably within a school context.

• Experience of working within a school is ideal but not essential.
• Ability to adhere to working procedures and policies within the school environment.
• Good oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Patient, motivated, flexible and adaptable.

Local Government Pension Scheme:
You will benefit from generous employer contributions with built in peace of mind, including a tax-free Death in Service lump sum, it ensures that your long term financial well-being is as robust as your professional legacy.

Enhanced Sick Pay: enhanced sick pay scheme during illness or unexpected sickness related emergencies, so you can focus on what matters most- your recovery.

Family Friendly:
Enhanced leave packages to support your work-life balance.

Great team dynamics:
Become part of a highly collaborative professional community, working with inspiring senior leaders and colleagues and sharing ideas, resources, and best practice across our family of schools.

Central partnership support:
You will benefit from access to high-quality central services and specialist expertise, providing strategic support to enable you to focus on leading teaching, learning and school improvement.

Continuous Service:
Full recognition of prior service for benefits which protects and enhances employment entitlements including sick pay entitlement, job security and protection of employment rights and access to family friendly leave.

Exceptional CPD:
Dedicated budget and time for your professional development.

Diversity & Inclusion: A proactive commitment to creating a workspace where diversity is celebrated.

The trust is committed to equal opportunities and encourages applicants from all backgrounds and communities, as we recognise the importance and benefit this has for our pupils.

The Priory Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All roles across the trust have a varying level of responsibility for ensuring safeguarding practice, with some roles holding significant responsibility and involving working with children on a daily basis in regulated activity. Regardless of the level of responsibility and involvement in each role, we expect all staff, visiting professionals and volunteers to share this commitment.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974. Successful candidates will be required to provide a disclosure of any unspent convictions and cautions, as well as any spent convictions or cautions that are not ‘protected’ (i.e. filtered) under the Amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 and 2020).

All appointments are subject to a comprehensive pre-employment checking process. This includes an Enhanced DBS check (including a Children’s Barred List check), satisfactory references, medical fitness, Right to Work in the UK, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching/management check. In line with KCSIE guidance, we will also conduct online searches on all shortlisted candidates.

Our full Recruitment and Selection policy is available on our website.