Lunchtime Supervisory Assistant
| Posting date: | 04 October 2025 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 17 October 2025 |
| Location: | Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS17 6DR |
| Company: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 759cf90e-ffdf-4706-9001-9b490df506a4 |
Summary
What skills and experience we're looking for
Moortown Primary School (part of Sphere Federation) is looking for an enthusiastic and conscientious part time lunchtime supervisory assistant to join our outstanding school.
Hours of work will be 11.50 am – 1.05pm Monday to Friday. The post is term time only.
For our children, we're a happy and healthy place to learn. For our staff, we're a happy and healthy place to work.
The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the good conduct and safety of pupils during the lunchtime period. You will be required to supervise children in the hall whilst they are eating, and help organise structured and creative play activities (mainly outside, but inside if the weather is poor) under the instruction and guidance of senior members of staff.
What the school offers its staff
For children and staff alike, Sphere Federation has:
• A perfect balance of care and support with high expectations
• A leadership team dedicated to attainment, achievement and enjoyment
• Friendly, welcoming staff
• A great atmosphere and ethos which promotes inclusion and co-operation
• A commitment to diversity and a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds
• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting welfare and safety (thorough checks will be made of the successful applicant’s background credentials, including enhanced DBS checks)
Further details about the role
https://www.moortown.leeds.sch.uk/join-in/vacancies/
For our children, we’re a happy and healthy place to learn. For our staff, we’re a happy and healthy place to work.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and wellbeing of all children, and expects our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our safeguarding information, along with a link to our Child Protection Policy, can be found on our website.
We may carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, that might compromise your professional role.
The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria from the Ministry of Justice on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on our website.Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that are not filtered prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guidance.
Please note, under Section 7(1)(a) of the SVGA 2006 (Legislation.gov.uk), it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred in engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
Moortown Primary School (part of Sphere Federation) is looking for an enthusiastic and conscientious part time lunchtime supervisory assistant to join our outstanding school.
Hours of work will be 11.50 am – 1.05pm Monday to Friday. The post is term time only.
For our children, we're a happy and healthy place to learn. For our staff, we're a happy and healthy place to work.
The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the good conduct and safety of pupils during the lunchtime period. You will be required to supervise children in the hall whilst they are eating, and help organise structured and creative play activities (mainly outside, but inside if the weather is poor) under the instruction and guidance of senior members of staff.
What the school offers its staff
For children and staff alike, Sphere Federation has:
• A perfect balance of care and support with high expectations
• A leadership team dedicated to attainment, achievement and enjoyment
• Friendly, welcoming staff
• A great atmosphere and ethos which promotes inclusion and co-operation
• A commitment to diversity and a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds
• A commitment to safeguarding and promoting welfare and safety (thorough checks will be made of the successful applicant’s background credentials, including enhanced DBS checks)
Further details about the role
https://www.moortown.leeds.sch.uk/join-in/vacancies/
For our children, we’re a happy and healthy place to learn. For our staff, we’re a happy and healthy place to work.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and wellbeing of all children, and expects our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our safeguarding information, along with a link to our Child Protection Policy, can be found on our website.
We may carry out an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted candidates. This is to help identify any incidents or issues that have happened, that might compromise your professional role.
The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be taken into account. Guidance and criteria from the Ministry of Justice on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on our website.Shortlisted candidates will be asked to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that are not filtered prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.Further information about filtering offences can be found in the DBS filtering guidance.
Please note, under Section 7(1)(a) of the SVGA 2006 (Legislation.gov.uk), it is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred in engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We promote diversity and want a workforce which reflects the population of Leeds. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.