Midday Assistant - Meadowbank Primary School
Contract: Permanent 
Closing date for applications:
24 February 2026, 11.59pm 
Job Advert
Midday Assistants - Meadowbank Primary School
Salary: Scale 1 point 3 (£12.85 per hour)
Monday to Friday, Term Time only, 7.5 hours per week.
Start date: ASAP. Based at Meadowbank Primary School, Cheadle
Closing date: Tuesday 24th February 2026
Interview date: Friday 27th February 2026
We are seeking to appoint efficient and self-motivated Midday Assistants.
To be responsible to the Mid-day Supervisor under the overall authority of the Headteacher, for the supervision of pupils during the lunch break.
Candidates will be enthusiastic and, ideally, experienced (but not necessary) to join our happy team at Meadowbank Primary School. They will need to be flexible in their approach and show a caring attitude to all our children.
They will be responsible for all the usual lunchtime duties (see below), be able to support children calmly with any challenges which may arise, helping the children to develop socially and emotionally by working with school leaders and children to create the best lunchtime provision possible for all.
1. Supervision/playing games with children in playgrounds or classrooms in wet weather.
2. To assist in the development of good table manners.
3. Ensure that children in the dining area are behaving in an orderly fashion by productive and fun engagement.
4. Supervision of corridor area, toilets etc.
5. To assist generally with occurrences arising until school recommences for the afternoon session i.e. basic first aid in accident cases, sickness etc.
We can offer you:
- An enthusiastic, supportive and committed team of staff and governors
- A forward thinking and creative Trust of 5 schools
- An inclusive Teaching School where the learning of both children and staff are valued
For further details of this exciting opportunity, please see the job description and person specification. Please also view our school website and school X (formerly Twitter) page. This should give you a flavour of what it is like being part of our fantastic school community. Interviews will be face to face
About ELT
Education Learning Trust is a Multi-Academy Trust, educating over 3500 pupils from age 2 to 16 in the Greater Manchester area. We are very proud of our inclusive ethos to Collaborate, Empower and Achieve and provide over 490 employees with an inspiring and innovative place to work, with exceptional training and development opportunities.
As a Trust employee you will receive excellent benefits, including a highly competitive salary, well-regarded pension scheme, excellent career development opportunities and support for your health and wellbeing, with our award-winning employee assistance programme.
Our vision at ELT is to create an exceptional learning journey for all, by providing:
- exciting, innovative and challenging learning communities
- school improvement strategies arising from evidenced based research and professional enquiry
- opportunities for professional development and leadership
- a celebration of the diversity and uniqueness of individual settings
- innovation in practice by recognising the value of learning partnerships, both locally and nationally
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We ensure that we have a range of policies and procedures that promote safeguarding and safer working practices. This is in line with statutory guidance including Keeping Children Safe in Education and The Education Act 2002.
All offers of employment are subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records, online checks and vetting checks.
It is an offence to apply for a role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.
This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020). This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-guidance-on-the-rehabilitation-of-offenders-act-1974.’
We are committed to fulfilling our Equality Duty obligations, including valuing equality and diversity and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We are committed to employment practices that promote diversity and inclusion in employment regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status, race, religion or belief.
We expect the successful candidate to have the necessary standard of spoken English, as described under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, the Public Sector fluency duty that requires state funded schools to ensure candidates for their customer facing roles have the necessary standard of spoken English (or English or Welsh in Wales).
Candidates should apply by completing the ELT application form, CVs alone will not be accepted in accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE).
Please return applications to admin@meadowbankprimary.com
Interview Date: 27 February 2026