Midday Assistant

Role: Midday Assistant

Contract: PERMANENT TERM TIME PLUS 1 WEEK (39 WEEKS)

Hours: 11.15am to 1pm (Mon-Fri) 8.75 hours per week.

Salary: FTE Salary £24,796- to £25,185 Actual Salary: £5,027 to £5,106

Closing Date: 25th February 2026 at 12pm Midday

Interview Date: 2nd March 2026

We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, friendly person to take care and manage children during their lunch break as a Midday Assistant.

We are looking for a candidate who:

• Will be ensure our children feel safe, secure and happy during their lunch break. You will also help model our lunchtime ethos of family dining; helping others, good table manners, taking risks when trying new foods. The successful candidate will be flexible in their attitude and able to work as part of a team. Duties include both supervising children whilst they eat their lunch and during outside play. Full training will be given.

We can offer you:

• The opportunity to be part of a highly supportive and ambitious school

• A commitment to a personalised progamme of CPD

• Opportunity to collaborate across Trust schools

• Access to a 24/7 confidential Employee Assistance Programme

• Flexible and family friendly policies and we are open to discussing flexible working arrangements at the point of hire.

• Benefits platform which offers valuable discounts

• Access to the LGPS Pension Scheme

• Cycle to Work Scheme

• Tech Scheme

• 24/7 GP

Contact us:

For more information about the school, please contact the school on 01206 484033. 

Whilst there is a published closing date for this vacancy, we reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive sufficient applications.  Early applications are therefore strongly encouraged.

The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed within its schools to: 

• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare and safety, and the spiritual and cultural development of children and young people;

• Promoting equality of opportunity and community cohesion where the diversity of different backgrounds and circumstances is appreciated and positively valued;

• The fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty and mutual respect and tolerance for those with different faiths and beliefs and expects all staff, volunteers and other workers to share in this commitment.  

As an equal opportunities employer, The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.

We aspire to have a diverse and inclusive workplace and strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join The Chelmsford Learning Partnership.

In compliance with safer recruitment procedures and guidelines, all applications must be made on an application form, CVs will not be accepted.  This appointment will be subject to pre-employment checks including an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service and satisfactory references.  In line with recommended practice the school will conduct searches for information on shortlisted candidates which is publicly available on-line. The Chelmsford Learning Partnership is an equal opportunities employer.