The Trustees at Victorious Academies Trust would like to appoint a Midday Assistant at Discovery Academy, Hyde.
Our Trust’s vision is to support young people to develop the aspiration and motivation to be successful; we have high ambitions for all young people in our schools and all roles within our Trust are central to ensuring that we work to support this.
Midday Assistants assist pupils during the lunch break, working as part of a team, including supervising welfare, behaviour and safety, ensuring a clean and tidy environment, controlling pupil behaviour in line with the Academy’s behaviour policy, dealing with any misbehaviour and liaising with the teaching staff accordingly, responsibility for attending to pupils who may be sick or injured and raising any concerns in terms of welfare and safety to the Principal.
It also includes the following:
- To ensure that the lunch session is controlled and pupils are managed in terms of behaviour and safety - To look after the welfare of the pupils in connection with hygiene, table manners, general behaviour
- Maintain a safe and hygienic environment
- Deal with hazards to prevent accidents
- Supervise the safety of children at all times
- Make Senior Leaders/Headteacher aware of any issues or accidents to ensure that the children are managed in a safe environment at all times
- Supervising and engaging the children in purposeful play and activities once they leave the dining hall.
- Administer First Aid if necessary (training provided)
- Attend any training, which the Headteacher may consider appropriate to the role
- Carry out any other duties as deemed appropriate by the Headteacher relating to the supervision of children
You will be an effective part of the Academy team. You will:
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Participate in training sessions as required.
To start on 17.06.26
For more details about the role please see attached Job Description and Person Specification. For more details about our Trust and our schools please see attached Trust Recruitment Pack.
If you have any queries regarding the role please contact Michelle McKew.
Please note that we may close this advert early if sufficient applications are received. If you are interested, we therefore encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Other information
Interview dates: W/C 8th June 2026
The role will be for 1.25 hours per day, Monday to Friday, term time only. The salary is TMBC Grade A Point 3. This role is until 18 June 2027 or on the return of the postholder, whichever is sooner.
We have a commitment to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and/or young people. We have robust processes and procedures to reduce risk and continuously promote a positive culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. The roles across our schools involve working with children and/or young people and are subject to our Safer Recruitment Process.
We do not accept CV’s, all applicants should complete a Trust Application Form and include on this the details of two referees who, if you are shortlisted will be contacted for a reference. Social media checks will be carried out for roles across our Trust. All posts require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
We may close the job advert for roles within our Trust as soon as sufficient applications have been received so please apply for advertised roles as soon as you are able. If you have any queries linked to any of the roles advertised please ring 0161 830 6964.
Visits to our schools are encouraged and warmly welcomed please contact the individual school to arrange this.
