Midday Supervisory Assistant - The Westminster School

The Westminster School is offering a very exciting opportunity for a Mid-Day Supervisory Assistant, to join our hard-working mid-day supervisory team, dedicated to making a real difference to the lives of our pupils.

You will be part of a successful team responsible for supervising children during the lunch break, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all our children, promoting good behaviour and taking a proactive role in supporting and leading play activities.

Our school caters for 275 pupils aged 7 -19 years with a wide range of special educational needs including Autism Spectrum Disorder, Global Development Delay and Moderate to Severe Learning Disabilities. The School offers a comprehensive CPD programme and has been awarded the Investors in People Platinum Award. School occupies state-of-the-art facilities on a £42million Rowley Learning Campus.

We are looking for someone who:

can communicate effectively with children and staff with a good standard of spoken and written English can relate well to children and adults is a good role model for our children can work well as part of a team  

We offer the successful candidate:

contributory local government pension scheme CPD and training opportunities first-class Employee Assistance Programme with free, confidential access to a GP 24/7 for you and your family, counselling, personal financial, debt and legal advice family friendly policies lifestyle benefits and discounts through several schemes The School is committed to equal opportunities and we have a proactive, supportive Governing Board and strong partnerships with parents/carers, the Local Authority and the local community.

Our School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups including children, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  An enhanced DBS clearance is required for this role.  For more information about the School’s Child Protection and Safeguarding Policy go to the Policy Section of our website at https://thewestminsterschool.co.uk/ofsted/statutory-policies/.  

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and is eligible for an enhanced DBS check including a Children's Barring List Check. If you are barred from working with children you are breaking the law if you apply for this post

This post is covered by Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) and therefore the ability to speak fluent and spoken English is an essential requirement for this role.

For more details and an application form please visit https://thewestminsterschool.co.uk/our-school/vacancies-at-the-tws/

Applications should be sent to HR SIPS Education Ltd, 2^nd floor, Guardian House, Cronehills Linkway, West Bromwich, West Midlands, B70 8GS or hr.recruitment@sips.co.uk

Please ensure application forms are signed if sending via email.

If you have provided an email address, correspondence will be sent via e-mail.

If you are successful in being short-listed for interview, you will be contacted via email within 28 working days of the closing date. Please ensure you check your junk/spam boxes as well as your inbox in case any correspondence has been delivered there

Online Search

An online search will be undertaken on all shortlisted candidates.  This search does not form part of the shortlisting process and you will have the opportunity to discuss any issues of concern that may arise from this search at the interview.

Working Hours: 9 hrs 10mins per week, Mon-Fri 11:55am - 1:45pm, Term Time plus INSET Days

Salary:  Grade B, SCP 3-4 (£24,027 - £24,404 p.a.) Actual Salary £5,307p.a - £5,460 p.a.

Closing date: Monday 28th April 2025 @ 9:00am, we reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role.  Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible

Interview Date: To be confirmed