Vacancy for a Midday Supervisor to join West Town Primary Academy!

Salary: Meridian Trust Support Staff Grade 3, Point 2 £4,038.98-£4102.32

Hours: 7.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year (term time only)

We have an exciting opportunity to join our expanding team as a Midday Supervisor. Are you kind, friendly and motivated? Can you help children to have safe, healthy, successful lunchtimes? You will work within our team of midday supervisors, carrying out duties including supervising the children at play, helping them to choose and eat their lunch and supporting them both in the lunch hall and on the playground.

The Opportunity

• Join and be a valued member of a dedicated team, as part of a large, established, well-regarded Academy Trust.
• Encourage independence and excellent behaviour.
• Create a safe, fun play environment for the children, during lunchtimes.
• Promote inclusion and acceptance of all.

The ideal candidate

• Is a team player, with a ‘can do’ solution focused attitude.
• Confidently organises suitable activities for small groups of children.
• Demonstrates the ability to listen carefully to pupils, showing kindness, empathy and understanding.
• Has a calm, caring demeanour and is able to nurture children to be their best.
• Demonstrates flexibility and the ability to work within different areas of the school (as needed) over the lunchtime period.

About West Town Primary Academy - 

West Town Primary Academy is a culturally rich city Academy, with high aspirations for all our children. Since opening as an Academy, West Town Primary has restructured its teaching team to provide smaller class sizes for many of our children, which enables a greater amount of quality first teaching to take place. We are fortunate enough to have a team of good and outstanding teachers who through bespoke in-house training are helping to develop the next generation of teachers in partnership with our Meridian Trust teaching school. We have recently moved into our fabulous new, state of the art, building which has some impressive new learning spaces for the children including dedicated cookery and art rooms, a dance and music studio and two halls.  The unique design includes large breakout workspaces which can be used flexibly for whole class or group activities and provide stimulating library and ICT stations.  We maximise progress and engagement in learning through adopting and refining learning techniques that work well for our children.  There is a high emphasis on talk and questioning to enable children to think and reason deeply about their learning. The academy believes in children achieving well and feeling a sense of success.

About Meridian Trust –

Meridian Trust is a values-led organisation formed in 2011 that has risen to be one of the highest-performing academy trusts in the country. The Trust is founded on its commitment to a high-quality educational provision for all at the heart of local communities. Meridian currently operates primary, secondary and special schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire.

Meridian Trust offers a wealth of fantastic benefits for teaching and support staff which are highlighted below but are not limited to - 

• Apprenticeship and CPD opportunities which allow you to gain specialist knowledge in a role you are passionate about developing in
• Opportunity to jump start your career in teaching through our dedicated Initial Teacher Training Team (ITT)
• Support for mental health and wellbeing through our Employee Assistance Programme and other resources
• Cycle to work scheme
• Defined benefit local government or Teacher’s pension scheme
• Healthcare benefits including free eye test vouchers and flu vaccinations
• Free on-site parking
• Discounts on a wide range of benefits from everyday essentials to holidays        

To explore our full range of benefits, please visit https://www.meridiantrust.co.uk/jobs-and-training/benefits/. 

For more information about the role please download the Applicant Information Pack.

Closing date for applications: Friday 3rd January 2025 at 09:00am.

Interview to take place on:  Friday 10th January 2025. 

Please note that we reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to the closing date.

The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches.