Job Description
Location: Cheshire East
Employer: New Directions Education
Hours: 11:15am – 2:00pm (term time only)
Rate of Pay: £16.68 per hour
New Directions Education is seeking friendly, reliable, and enthusiastic Midday Supervisors to join our team supporting schools across Cheshire East during the lunchtime period.
As a Midday Supervisor, you’ll play an important role in ensuring pupils have a safe, happy, and enjoyable lunchtime. You’ll support with dining hall duties — helping to serve meals, supervise children while eating, and encourage positive behaviour — as well as playground supervision, ensuring all pupils are safe and engaged in play activities.
Job Specification
School Lunchtime Supervisors are responsible for the safety of school children during lunchtime breaks.
Roles and responsibilities of a Midday Supervisor
The duties of a Midday Supervisor include supervising pupils in the dining area, playground and other school premises. They must also ensure pupils do not leave the school or go into areas that are out of bounds.
Midday Supervisor tasks will include:
1. Supervising pupils at mealtimes – encouraging children to eat healthily, helping infants to open packaging or cut up food, and providing some social and educational training, such as good table manners
2. Cleaning up spillages and possibly helping catering staff to clean tables and clear the dining area
3. Overseeing children in the playground or during wet play and monitoring the safety and suitability of activities
4. Supervising children using toilet facilities, checking they wash and dry their hands
5. Caring for the personal cleanliness of children
6. Maintaining order, cautioning children who misbehave and reporting unresolved problems to the Duty Teacher or Head Teacher
7. Making sure children who are ill or injured receive appropriate medical attention and reporting any serious accidents.
Skills and experience required to be a Midday Supervisor
To be a Midday Supervisors, you should be:
8. Able to deal with any quarrels or fights
9. Comforting around upset children
10. Able to remain calm and deal with any emergencies
11. Vigilant at all times
What New Directions Education Ltd offers:
12. A dedicated and expert Account Manager
13. Regular and varied supply work
14. Competitive rates of pay
15. Potential long-term teaching roles
16. Full compliance with the Agency Workers Regulation (AWR)
17. A network of branches across the UK
18. Preferred supplier to more than 20 boroughs across the UK
19. Recommend-a-friend scheme
20. Respected reputation across the education and recruitment industry
We are fully committed to the protection of children and vulnerable adults. All applicants must undertake a full enhanced DBS check.
Please select Apply Now to enquire about this job vacancy with New Directions Education Ltd, Wirral branch.
New Directions Education Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.