Job Description

About The Role
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: Part Time, 10 hours per week
Number of Positions: 1
Start Date: 15th December 2025
Salary: 5,937 per annum
We currently have an exciting opportunity for Lunchtime Organisers to join our fantastic team at Orchard House High School
This is a Grade 2, permanent post working 10 hours per week, term time only. The starting salary is 5,937 and the full time equivalent is 24,796.
We're looking for:

• We are recruiting for a part time Lunchtime Organiser to work in our special educational needs primary school. You will provide high quality support over lunchtime, supporting healthy eating, a range of lunchtime clubs, feeding and changing students as appropriate.
• The successful applicant must be able to work effectively with the whole school community including pupils, parents, governors and staff.

Main purpose of the job:
You will supervise students in the dining areas and elsewhere as required to provide high quality support over lunchtime, supporting healthy eating, a range of lunchtime clubs, feeding and changing students as appropriate.
You will help create an atmosphere so that the meal and lunchtime recreation is a pleasant experience for pupils and staff.
Key responsibilities include:

• Develop good professional relationships with students and other staff members.
• Undertake activities with groups of students during lunchtime clubs e.g. football, outdoor play, magazine club, art club, sensory story club.
• To assist at tables and to support student food choices and development skills.
• To report serious incidents and accidents to Senior staff.
• Taking students who have minor accidents or are unwell to seek first aid where necessary, and if first aid is not necessary, comforting and reassuring them.

About the Candidate
Working for Prospere Learning Trust
Great schools thrive because of the great people in them. We invest in our staff to achieve their full potential and offer a range of benefits including.

• High quality CPD for all roles
• Bupa Level 1 Health Plan - annual cash back allowance for a range of every day health care expenses
• Generous Pension Contribution - over 26% for teachers and over 17% for support staff
• 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing to 31 days with 5 years' service
• Cyclescheme - save up to 39% on a bike and accessories and get Strava for free
• Employee Assistance Programmes - including access to free counselling and 24/7 helplines
• Credit Union - regular savings, Christmas saving scheme and access to affordable loans
• Flexible working options - we're happy to talk flexible working where possible
• Mental Health First Aid in every school
• Blue Light Card - discounts on holidays, cars, days out, fashion, gifts, insurance, phones, and many more
• bYond cashback card - spend smarter with a prepaid cashback card for your everyday purchases

Visit our website to learn more about our Trust:
Orchard House is a brand new school which will be dedicated to providing exceptional education and support for students with Significant Learning Difficulties (SLD) and/or Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties (PMLD) from the age of 11- 19 years.
Opening in September 2025, our school is committed to creating a nurturing and inclusive environment where every student can thrive.
We aim to empower our students with the skills and confidence they need to succeed in their educational journey and beyond.
We are driven by our core values:

• Inclusion - we recognise people need different levels of support to achieve equitable outcomes.
• Comprehensive education - we welcome all people from our local community.
• Excellence - high standards institutionally, academically and in personal development.
• Expertise - great schools thrive because of the great people in them. We invest in all our staff to achieve their potential.
• Collaboration - we believe we are stronger together.
• Reflection - we are underpinned by thoughtful use of relevant evidence and research.

About Us
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We are fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, younger learners and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. The above post will be subject to enhanced DBS checks, satisfactory references and will be exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. DBS Code of Practice which can be viewed .
This post is also subject to satisfactory references, proof of right to work in the UK in accordance with the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 and other pre-employment checks where applicable.
We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation

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