Midday Supervisor

Grade: Grade 1, £25,784 per annum, pro rata Approximately £5,499 per annum (0.21326 FTE)

About The Role

Avanti Brook Primary School is looking to appoint a committed, caring and enthusiastic Midday Supervisor to support the safety, welfare and positive behaviour of pupils during the lunchtime period. The successful candidate will play an important role in ensuring that children have a safe, enjoyable and positive lunchtime experience, supervising pupils across the dining hall, playground and indoor areas during wet weather. You will encourage purposeful, inclusive and co-operative play, promote positive behaviour and act as a strong, positive role model, helping children to develop respectful relationships and make positive choices.

The ideal candidate will be approachable, proactive and passionate about supporting children’s wellbeing, with the ability to respond calmly and appropriately to any incidents, accidents or safeguarding concerns. You will work closely with colleagues to maintain a safe and welcoming environment, ensuring that all pupils feel supported, included and ready to return to their learning. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working with children and wants to make a meaningful contribution to their school experience as part of the Avanti Brook Primary School community.

School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.

What will you do?

• Supervise children throughout the lunchtime period, ensuring their health, safety and wellbeing across the dining hall, playground and indoor wet-weather provision.
• Promote positive behaviour by encouraging children to engage in purposeful, safe, respectful and co-operative activities, acting as a positive role model at all times.
• Safeguard and promote the welfare of children by following the school’s child protection, safeguarding, behaviour and health and safety policies and procedures.
• Respond promptly and appropriately to accidents, injuries, illness, spills and any other health and safety concerns, reporting incidents and relevant information to the appropriate member of staff.
• Contribute to a safe, inclusive and welcoming school environment by reporting positive and negative behaviour, challenging and reporting unfamiliar visitors, adhering to the school’s and Trust’s ethos and participating in relevant training.

What are we looking for?

• Ability to work as part of a team, form good relationships with other colleagues to ensure effective lunchtime supervision
• Ability to form good relationships with children
• To be able to take charge of groups of children setting and maintaining acceptable behavioural standards
• To be able to ensure the health and safety of all pupils at all times and following process for reporting incidents
• Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.

Why should you apply

Avanti Brook is a brand-new, state-of-the-art primary school in Bishop’s Stortford. Surrounded by fields and new housing estates, the school is a centre for the new community developing in the north of Bishop’s Stortford. It’s the first carbon neutral school in Hertfordshire.“I feel like words don’t do this school justice, because as soon as you walk into the school, as soon as you open the door, the only word that comes to mind is ‘wow’!” Sarah Samuels, Early Years Lead.

Avanti Brook is a non-faith, community school that embraces inclusion and diversity. “I joined Avanti, because it’s such a new school, that it will be shaped and grow with its children, pupils and staff, and that opportunity really excites me” - Class Teacher

Our staff are inspired and passionate about their roles, the vision of the school, and providing the most fulfilling learning experience for pupils. Learning is a quest to discover each student’s unique gifts and potential, and to lay the foundation for their lifelong journey of learning.

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.

You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:

• Great opportunities for professional development
• LGPS pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
• O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
• Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
• Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
• Cycle-to-work Scheme

Further information

Pre-employment checks

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.

Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. 

Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.