Lunchtime Supervisor at Windrush Church of England Primary School

About this Role

Principle Responsibilities

• 1.To be on duty in the areas allocated at the time allocated.
• 2.To supervise pupils to ensure good behaviour in and around school.
• 3.To adhere to school policies and procedures that affect you and your duties (e.g. fire, accident reporting, Safeguarding etc)
• 4.To report any accidents and request assistance from one of the school's first aiders as required, until trained yourself.
• 5.To refer any queries by parents about pupils to the headteacher.
• 6.To report to the class teacher at the end of lunchtime any incidents regarding inappropriate behaviour whilst under your supervision.
• 7.Seek assistance from the headteacher or teaching assistant on duty if necessary, any incidents of serious misbehaviour under your supervision.
• 8.Assist pupils with clearing of plates and cutlery and deal with any spillages as appropriate.
• 9.Supervise and assist pupils with packed lunches.
• 10.Promote good eating manners.
• 11.Help children who are still learning to use a knife and fork.
• 12. Refer to the weekly lunchtime rota for your allocated duties.
• 13.To assist in the supervision of playtimes ensuring that children behave appropriately and adhere to school rules.
• 14.To engage in meaningful conversation with children in the playground and to encourage and assist interactive play.

Skills and Experience Required

• 1. Experience working with children
• 2. First aid qualification would be useful but training can be provided

Windrush CofE Primary school is a new school, which opened in September 2021 on the Windrush Place estate in Witney. Our beautiful building and fantastic facilities make us a special place for children to learn and flourish. We are a very popular school in the heart of a new community and have a dedicated staff team who are committed to our vision of 'Learn, Love and Live Life in all its Fullness'. Our school has a strong culture of aspiration for all where children are inspired and challenged to be the best that they can be. Our Christian ethos supports children's moral, social and spiritual development and challenges and inspires our children to develop their potential and a strong moral character.

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 "Working in RLT" guide.

This role includes regulated activity relevant to children.

The River Learning Trust and Windrush 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 RLT Safer Recruitment Documents for Candidates. 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 List of offences that are not filtered

Windrush Cof E Primary School and The River Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children and preventing extremism. All staff are expected to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check. The River Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from a range of backgrounds to represent diversity in line with our schools' community.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020. Which means that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected', so they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.' For further guidance for applicants click on the this link List of offences that are not filtered

SAFER RECRUITMENT STATEMENT

• NOTE 1: Some cautions, reprimands, warnings and convictions are protected under the DBS filtering process and you do not have to disclose them.
• The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (exceptions) Order and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities certain convictions and cautions are considered "protected." This means that they do not need to be disclosed to an employer and, if they are disclosed, an employer cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found here
• NOTE 2: if you are under 18 it is no longer a legal requirement for you to disclose any cautions you hold
• All staff uphold public trust in their profession and maintain high standards of ethics and behaviour, within and outside school, by:not undermining fundamental British values including democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect, and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.

Child protection policy is available on the school website

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