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About us
Located on the Eastern district of Northampton, Blackthorn is a one-form entry primary school with a nursery and special unit provision. Our school is driven by a passion to provide educational excellence for the children in our community.
The children at Blackthorn are polite, respectful and keen to learn. Our team of dedicated staff believe that children achieve their best in a safe, secure and happy school community and we work hard to make sure this is the case for our learners every day. We strongly believe that good relationships between people in our school community are essential in securing success for your child, as such, an effective partnership between home and school will benefit your child's learning. We are proud to be a member of Northampton Primary Academy Trust (NPAT) with whom we work closely to provide opportunities for our children to broaden and enrich their time at primary school through the arts, sport and wider curriculum.
The ideal candidate will embody the NPAT values and will:
Be passionate about supporting children to achieve their best in everything that they do.
Be committed to the principles of equality, diversity and inclusion.
Establish positive and supportive relationships with children.
Be patient, calm and resilient with a positive attitude and a sense of humour.
We are looking for a Lunchtime Supervisor to work 7.5 hours per week (11.45am-1.15pm) for 38 weeks per year .
Main Duties and Responsibilities:
To ensure the security, safety and well-being, and care of the pupils of the school and to promote their social, emotional and physical development during the lunch time period.
To supervise pupils, during the lunch period, in dining hall, playground areas and school premises, ensuring the safety, welfare, physical and mental well-being of pupils and the maintenance of good order and discipline.
To monitor the behaviour of pupils discouraging in a positive way any anti-social behaviour and reporting any incidents to the Senior Leadership Team and class teacher as appropriate.
To ensure the safety and well-being of children, providing emotional support where necessary.
To arrange and supervise appropriate play and physical activities.
To ensure that all pupils who suffer any injury or accident are dealt with appropriately in accordance with the schools' agreed procedures.
To be directly involved in the process which includes TEAM TEACH/withdrawal of pupils from the classroom in order to manage volatile situations and ensure the well-being of all pupils and staff.
The provide first aid support when required.
Dining Hall
Assist with the setting up and clearing of the Dining Hall e.g. tables, benches, waste bins etc
To organise dinner queue and seating to provide a calm and orderly entrance of pupils into dining hall and from dining hall to playground.
Promoting and ensuring good behaviour and calm atmosphere.
Dealing with any misbehaviour that may occur in accordance with the school's behaviour policy.
Addressing issues calmly and politely and in doing so being a role model to the children.
Report, as appropriate, incidents to the Senior Leadership Team
To encourage all pupils to eat but especially those with special needs or disabilities, and to assist children with cutting up food, opening tubs, pouring water etc. where appropriate to e.g. age of child, needs of child, as necessary.
To encourage social skills and good table manners, ensuring safety with knives and forks.
To clean up spillages of food and to organise clearing cutlery and crockery off tables.
Playground
To supervise and control entrance and exit by pupils during the lunch break to school premises and ensure calm orderly conduct in accordance with the school's high expectations.
To actively support the role of Play Leaders in terms of the setting out of equipment, organisation of games / activities and show the importance of keeping the rules, playing fairly etc and report any problems to the Teacher responsible for supervising the Play Leaders.
School Premises
To supervise pupils and promote good behaviour on the school premises in the hall, classrooms and through corridors, during lunchtimes and in addition when children are inside because of inclement weather.
To ensure that, when classrooms are used during the lunch break because of inclement weather that the children are quietly occupied and that the classroom is left tidy, ready for afternoon school.
To check toilet areas regularly to ensure that they are clean and being used appropriately. To report any problems to the Senior Leadership Team.
To check toilet areas regularly to ensure that they are clean and being used appropriately. To report any problems to the site supervisor.
To take part in training appropriate to the job of lunchtime supervisor.
To take part in any appraisal arrangement made by the school.
To undertake any other duties consistent with the purpose of the job.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and expect all members of staff to share this commitment.
Person Specification
Education - Desirable
Five GSCEs, including Maths and English.
Experience - Desirable
Working with children
Experience working with primary school aged children through work or volunteering.
First Aid Training
Knowledge and Understanding of Safeguarding - Essential
Ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of children and young people.
Knowledge and Understanding of Safeguarding - Desirable
Has completed safeguarding training.
Skills - Essential
Relationships
Ability to establish and develop effective relationships within the school community and a year group team, including:
- Pupils
- Teaching Colleagues
- Support Staff
Interpersonal and communication skills
Ability to communicate effectively.
Prompt at completing tasks, good at using initiative.
Flexible and approachable, resilient under pressure.
Attitudes - Essential
Personal
A positive approach to the role and responsibilities.
Ability to remain calm when dealing with incidents and in discussions with pupils.
Committed to supporting the schools efforts to include children with special needs.
Equal Opportunities
Commitment to equality of opportunity and access.
Commitment to race, gender equality and social inclusion.
This job description is a broad overview of the post. It is not an exhaustive list of all possible duties, and it is recognised that jobs change and evolve over time. Consequently, this is not a contractual document and the post holder will be required to carry out any other duties that are necessary to fulfil the purpose of the job.
Closing date:
12noon Monday 14 July 2025
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Interviews will be held on Thursday 17 July 2025.
Start Date:
1 September 2025
Visits to the school:
We encourage and welcome visits to the school where there will be the opportunity to discuss the role further with the Head of School. Please contact Sam Chambers in the school office to book a visit.
Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Pay: 12.26-12.45 per hour
Expected hours: 7.5 per week
Benefits:
Company pension
Free parking
On-site parking
Sick pay
Schedule:
Monday to Friday
Experience:
working with students: 1 year (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
First Aid Certification (preferred)
Work Location: In person