Location: Cheshire East Employer: New Directions Education Hours: 11:15am – 2:00pm (term time only) Rate of Pay: £16.68 per hour
New Directions Education is seeking friendly, reliable, and enthusiastic Midday Supervisors to join our team supporting schools across Cheshire East during the lunchtime period.
As a Midday Supervisor, you’ll play an important role in ensuring pupils have a safe, happy, and enjoyable lunchtime. You’ll support with dining hall duties — helping to serve meals, supervise children while eating, and encourage positive behaviour — as well as playground supervision, ensuring all pupils are safe and engaged in play activities.
Job Specification
School Lunchtime Supervisors are responsible for the safety of school children during lunchtime breaks.
Roles and responsibilities of a Midday Supervisor
The duties of a Midday Supervisor include supervising pupils in the dining area, playground and other school premises. They must also ensure pupils do not leave the school or go into areas that are out of bounds.
Midday Supervisor tasks will include:
Supervising pupils at mealtimes – encouraging children to eat healthily, helping infants to open packaging or cut up food, and providing some social and educational training, such as good table manners
Cleaning up spillages and possibly helping catering staff to clean tables and clear the dining area
Overseeing children in the playground or during wet play and monitoring the safety and suitability of activities
Supervising children using toilet facilities, checking they wash and dry their hands
Caring for the personal cleanliness of children
Maintaining order, cautioning children who misbehave and reporting unresolved problems to the Duty Teacher or Head Teacher
Making sure children who are ill or injured receive appropriate medical attention and reporting any serious accidents.
Skills and experience required to be a Midday Supervisor
To be a Midday Supervisors, you should be:
Able to deal with any quarrels or fights
Comforting around upset children
Able to remain calm and deal with any emergencies
Vigilant at all times
What New Directions Education Ltd offers:
A dedicated and expert Account Manager
Regular and varied supply work
Competitive rates of pay
Potential long-term teaching roles
Full compliance with the Agency Workers Regulation (AWR)
A network of branches across the UK
Preferred supplier to more than 20 boroughs across the UK
Recommend-a-friend scheme
Respected reputation across the education and recruitment industry
New Directions Education Ltd is acting as an Employment
Business in relation
to this vacancy.