Job Description

About this role

We are looking for a friendly and patient person to support with the management of playtime and lunches at our primary school. Additionally, there is the opportunity to complete some extra regular hours in the nursery for the right candidate.

Key duties include

supporting children to eat their lunches appropriately, ensuring drinks are provided and helping with the social skills of sharing lunchtime with peers. supervising playtimes, and ensuring children engage in active and positive play. cleaning the dining area to the required standard and maintaining health and safety/food hygiene regulations. helping to keep the playground tidy

What skills / experience are required:

Required:

A good level of spoken English and the ability to communicate well with both adults and children. Patience and understanding Good time keeping and reliability. A team player.

Desired:

Experience of working with children Ability to use your initiative, within framework of policies and procedures Desire to constantly improve own practice/knowledge through self-evaluation and learning from others First Aid qualification

What we can offer / about our school

This is a term time, permanent post 10 hours a week to start as soon as possible. Experience in a school setting is not essential. Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme with employer contributions No evening, weekend or school holiday working Free uniform: Barton Park Fleece and tabard. Training in First Aid, Health and Safety and Safeguarding Children Employee Assistance Programme
As the city's newest school (we opened in 2020) our facilities and resources are fantastic and our children are keen to learn, enthusiastic and fun. As we grow, opportunities and challenges for the right people arise regularly. We are looking for an individual who is excited about being part of our developing school and helping us create a school that children, staff and parents alike can be really proud of.

Education has the power to change lives, communities and society for the better. At RLT we believe that we can achieve more for our pupils, trainees, staff and communities by working together rather than alone. Schools in RLT are united by a common belief in the benefits of working together, and by our commitment to shared principles.

OUR VISION

is for our schools and SCITT to improve rapidly, continuously and sustainably: to be better faster together.

OUR 'WHY?'

is that children and young people 'only get one go' in school and therefore as part of RLT we aim to ensure the best possible 'go' for our pupils.

OUR 'HOW?

' is through the highest support and challenge for our schools and each other, underpinned by our principles.

Our employees benefit from a wide variety of support including extensive continuing professional learning and development opportunities, wellbeing and staff networks and access to Defined Benefit Pension Schemes (TPS and LGPS) for all staff. For more information on what it is like to work for the Trust, and the benefits you could access, please see our "" guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

The school reserves the right to consider and interview candidates ahead of the closing date if appropriate. An offer may be made to an exceptional candidate in this instance.

The deadline for applications is Monday 4 November.

Applications should be submitted via our recruitment portal MyNewTerm:

https://mynewterm.com/jobs/147865/EDV-2025-BPPS-27970.

If you would like to have a confidential conversation with the Headteacher, about the role, prior to application, then please email office@bartonparkprimary.org

The River Learning Trust and Barton Park Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. The Trust is required to conduct a variety of checks and online searches about you as part of their recruitment process in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. It is an offence to apply for certain roles within schools if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

For all RLT Safer Recruitment Documentation candidates should click on the following link . Please see our website for up to date policies including our Child Protection and Behaviour Policies.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. For further guidance for applicants click on this link

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: 5,360.00 per year

Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 11/07/2025
Expected start date: 01/09/2025