Job title and organisation: Lunchtime Supervisory Assistant - Pudsey Lowtown Primary School
Salary: A1 01 £23,656 fte
Hours: 6.25 p/w Monday to Friday 11.50am to 1.05pm.
Contract: Permanent, term time only (plus up to 5 additional days per year for staff training)
Location: Pudsey Lowtown Primary Schoo, Kent Road, LS28 9BB
Closing Date and Time: Monday 29 September 2025 at 12:00pm
At Pudsey Lowtown Primary School, we aim to provide a safe, stimulating and inclusive learning environment where every member of our community is valued and respected.
Our moral values of respect, empathy, responsibility, honesty, resilience and tolerance
are at the core of our school and we are committed to providing an exciting, relevant and challenging curriculum, which is appropriate for individual needs and aims to engage all children through a wide range of teaching and learning strategies.
The Governors and Senior Leadership Team are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, caring and positive Lunchtime Supervisory Assistant to provide support to pupils during the school lunch period.
Lunchtime Supervisory Assistants support children with eating their dinner and play time as well as ensuring the safety, general welfare and behaviour of children during the lunch break with the aim of providing a safe and enjoyable lunchtime experience.
The successful candidate should be able to demonstrate their reliability and commitment to the role and will have high expectations of behavior as well as the ability to build strong relationships with all staff and children.
Applicants will also need to be able to demonstrate that they meet our school’s professional standards for school staff which can be downloaded from the recruitment page on our school website – www.pudseylowtown.org.uk/working-for-us
We would love to hear from you if you have the following skills:
- patience and a calm manner;
- the ability to communicate well and respond to the needs children in their care;
- able to work effectively as part of a team;
- enthusiastic with a ‘can do’ attitude;
- a willingness to contribute to the broader life of the school community.
In return, Pudsey Lowtown Primary School can offer the right candidate:
- a school of motivated pupils and supportive parents with strong community links;
- an exciting place to learn and teach offering excellent CPD;
- a school with high expectations and aspirations for all our pupils and staff;
- a high performing, professional, dedicated, hardworking and supportive team.
This post is subject to a satisfactory 6-month probationary period.
Pudsey Lowtown Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its pupils and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
We promote diversity and want a workforce that reflects the population of Leeds.
Visits to the school can be arranged by contacting the school office on 0113 2567303.
To apply, please download the job description, person specification and application form from ourschool website
Completed applications should be emailed to: recruitment@pudseylowtown.org.uk
Completed application forms should be returned by email by 12pm on the closing date.
Interviews will be held on Tuesday 7th October 2025
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check against the Children’s barred list will be carried out on preferred candidates. Read our recruitment of ex-offenders policy.
We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.
This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.
If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Please ensure you are eligible before applying.
The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.
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