SCHOOL

Midday Supervisory Assistant

Badbury Park Primary School · Swindon

Job description

We are seeking to recruit staff to join our team as a Midday Supervisory Assistant. MDSAs play a vital role in providing an enjoyable lunch break for our pupils with key responsibilities including the supervision of pupils to ensure the safety, general welfare and behaviour management of pupils; you will also be required to help in setting up tables in the dinner hall and clearing away after the meal. If you think you can do this then we would love to hear from you.

About us

Badbury Park Primary School opened in November 2020 as part of the Blue Kite Academy Trust, a growing family of primary schools based in Swindon. We have a wonderfully supportive and friendly staff team and this is a fantastic opportunity to join that team. This role may suit someone who enjoys working with children and has a few spare hours a week, or alternatively someone who maybe considering a career with children and would like to acquire some experience in an educational environment as a pre-cursor to developing their future prospects.

About You

Do you have what it takes to join us? Are you:

  • Enthusiastic about working in a school environment.
  • Motivated, organised and able to work under your own initiative
  • Flexible and cheerful under pressure
  • Able to maintain discipline, command attention and encourage high standards of pupil behaviour

Why Work for us?

We think you will love working with us. We are a welcoming and supportive school with strong values and a caring ethos. Our staff are a hardworking team dedicated to helping children succeed and we have a supportive leadership team and wider school community. We offer excellent CPD and career opportunities, a competitive salary with scope for progression, a commitment to nationally agreed pay and terms, an excellent pension scheme, child care vouchers, free car parking, and free staff health and well-being support.

The hours of work are Monday to Fridays, term time only from 11:30am to 1:00pm.

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