Lunchtime Supervisor
Do you have a couple of hours spare each day?
Do you like working with children?
Join our friendly and supportive team as a lunchtime supervisor
Part Time, Term Time Only (34 weeks per annum)
10 hours per week: 11.45am to 1.45pm, Monday to Friday
£16.98 per hour (£6470 per annum)
Apply by 9am on Monday 9 March 2026
Holy Cross Preparatory School is an outstanding independent school for girls aged from 3 to 11 years. Located conveniently just off Kingston Hill, we are a Catholic school with a caring and inclusive ethos. We have a beautiful eight-acre site and offer first rate facilities including a performing arts and sports hall, tennis and netball courts, a sports pavilion, and all-weather pitches.
Our dedicated and committed team work together to pursue excellence on every level. Our well behaved and curious girls not only achieve academic excellence; many excel in sport, music and art while growing as happy, well-rounded, confident, and curious young people. Our employees are extremely hardworking, highly motivated, and fully committed to life in a busy and thriving prep school.
We are looking for a reliable and enthusiastic lunchtime assistant to join our friendly team as soon as possible. The role is vital in ensuring pupils have a safe, positive and well-managed lunchtime experience. The successful candidate will supervise pupils in the dining hall, encouraging good table manners and healthy eating. They will also assist in keeping the dining environment clean and welcoming by clearing tables and managing spillages when necessary. Beyond the dining room, the Lunchtime Supervisor will oversee children in the playground or during wet‑play sessions, engaging them in suitable activities and ensuring their safety at all times. The ideal candidate will either have basic first aid knowledge or be willing to undertake training.
We value our employees and offer competitive salaries, generous holiday entitlement, membership of a pension scheme, life insurance and other wellbeing benefits such as 24/7 GP access. We have car-parking on site and offer free refreshments in the staff room.
If you share our ethos, are passionate about education and would like to join our friendly and supportive team, please submit an application form to Further details and the application form can be found on the school website vacancies page. Contact Lindsey Banks, Deputy Bursar on if you wish to discuss this exciting opportunity. We encourage early interest and applications and reserve the right to close the advert early.
Holy Cross Prep are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to undergo child protection screening appropriate to the post including checks with past employers and the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.
JOB DESCRIPTION
REPORTING TO: Bursar
MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE: To support the effective and efficient running of lunchtimes, ensuring children are supervised safely during the lunch period.
MAIN AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY:
The following list is not exhaustive but indicates the range of duties of the post holder.
Lunchtime
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
Cleaning up spillages and helping to clean tables and clear the dining area
Overseeing children in the playground or during wet play, and suggesting activities and monitoring their safety and suitability
Supervising children using toilet facilities including ensuring good standards of hygiene
Caring for the personal cleanliness of children
Ensuring the children conduct themselves appropriately
Making sure children who are ill or injured receive appropriate medical attention, and reporting any serious accidents
General
Support and contribute to the School's responsibility for safeguarding pupils
Respect and follow school policies and procedures
Uphold the Catholic ethos of the school e.g. participating in the lunchtime prayers and modelling the schools values.
Work within the School's Health and Safety Policy to ensure a safe working environment for staff, pupils and visitors
Maintain a personal responsibility for own health and safety
Maintain high professional standards of attendance, punctuality, appearance, conduct and positive, courteous relations with pupils, parents and colleagues
Undertake other relevant duties associated with the job purpose allocated at the discretion of the Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher, Bursar or other designated manager
Participate in INSET Day training, when required
POSITION: LUNCHTIME SUPERVISOR
Filename: Lunchtime
The post holder will:
Have some basic first aid knowledge or be willing to undertake first aid training
Enjoy working with children
Have a positive, can-do approach
Be happy to work outdoors
Be organised and able to keep records
Work well in a team setting
Be flexible and use their initiative
Have a high level of personal integrity, with proven experience of handling sensitive situations with tact and diplomacy and with complete respect for confidentiality
Have honesty, energy, enthusiasm
Be well-groomed, with dress standards and appearance appropriate to the role
Be willing to "roll up sleeves" in an emergency
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £6,970.00 per year
Expected hours: 10 per week
Benefits:
* Cycle to work scheme
* Free flu jabs
* Free parking
* Life insurance
* On-site parking
Work Location: In person