Lunchtime Assistant
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 17 Rhagfyr 2025 |
|---|---|
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 05 Ionawr 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Walsall, West Midlands, WS4 2AE |
| Cwmni: | Teaching Vacancies |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 2cf7579d-5740-467d-8db2-9f44c474ab19 |
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What skills and experience we're looking for
Job Title: Lunchtime Assistant
Location: Queen Mary’s High School, Walsall
Hours: 6.25 per week, term time only (Monday–Friday, 12:50pm–2:05pm)
Salary: NJC Pay Scale, Grade 2 (SCP 2–4), Actual Salary: £3,547–£3,659 per annum
Responsible to: Assistant Headteacher
Job Purpose:
To provide care and supervision for pupils during the school lunch break, ensuring their welfare and safety as directed by senior staff.
What the school offers its staff
Key Responsibilities:
• Supervise pupils in the canteen and around the school site.
• Manage the dining hall queue according to the rota.
• Patrol school and “out of bounds” areas.
• Monitor and address food/drink spillages and hazards.
• Assist with pupil needs as appropriate.
• Report incidents and accidents.
• Support and implement the school’s Behaviour Policy.
Person Specification (Essential):
• Experience working co-operatively and flexibly.
• Ability to relate to young people with differing needs.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent time management.
• Team player, optimistic, enthusiastic, and supportive.
• Commitment to safeguarding, equality, and the school’s ethos and values.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 13th January 2026.
The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding at QMHS. Our school’s aims and vision statement very clearly states that we strive to ensure that the individual needs of all our highly able students are met. At QMHS and across the Mercian Trust we recognise that the emotional wellbeing and positive mental health of all members of the community is integral to our continued success. We have built and continue to strengthen a community of support for all stakeholders which includes pupils, staff and parents/carers.
Job Title: Lunchtime Assistant
Location: Queen Mary’s High School, Walsall
Hours: 6.25 per week, term time only (Monday–Friday, 12:50pm–2:05pm)
Salary: NJC Pay Scale, Grade 2 (SCP 2–4), Actual Salary: £3,547–£3,659 per annum
Responsible to: Assistant Headteacher
Job Purpose:
To provide care and supervision for pupils during the school lunch break, ensuring their welfare and safety as directed by senior staff.
What the school offers its staff
Key Responsibilities:
• Supervise pupils in the canteen and around the school site.
• Manage the dining hall queue according to the rota.
• Patrol school and “out of bounds” areas.
• Monitor and address food/drink spillages and hazards.
• Assist with pupil needs as appropriate.
• Report incidents and accidents.
• Support and implement the school’s Behaviour Policy.
Person Specification (Essential):
• Experience working co-operatively and flexibly.
• Ability to relate to young people with differing needs.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent time management.
• Team player, optimistic, enthusiastic, and supportive.
• Commitment to safeguarding, equality, and the school’s ethos and values.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 13th January 2026.
The Mercian Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safeguarding and Safer Recruitment Policies can be found on our website. This position is subject to appropriate vetting procedures including a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding at QMHS. Our school’s aims and vision statement very clearly states that we strive to ensure that the individual needs of all our highly able students are met. At QMHS and across the Mercian Trust we recognise that the emotional wellbeing and positive mental health of all members of the community is integral to our continued success. We have built and continue to strengthen a community of support for all stakeholders which includes pupils, staff and parents/carers.