We are looking for a dynamic School Meals Supervisory Assistant (SMSA) to join our hardworking team from 15/06/2026. If you join us, a typical week in this role may see you supporting in the lunch hall, engaging and supporting play activities, assisting in first aid and support behaviour during lunch times
Amplify Education is a dynamic new multi-academy trust of 22 schools across Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset, formed through the thoughtful and planned merger of TiLA and CST. United by a shared vision, we are a bold voice for Bristol - committed to building belief in every young person, expanding opportunities, nurturing potential, and strengthening citizenship.
We are ambitious, reflective, and collaborative - driven to improve outcomes for young people while working together, learning from one another and continually strengthening our practice. If you are looking to make a real difference within a forward-thinking and supportive Trust, Amplify Education could be the place for you.
We invite you to join our team at Henleaze Schools, where we pride ourselves on being a welcoming and supportive place to work within our campus of separate Infant and Junior schools. Our nurturing ethos begins with the child’s very first experiences of school, ensuring every child feels safe, valued, and supported to reach their potential. We are highly committed to inclusion and ambitious for all children. We are set in a spacious, green site in the heart of our local community with easy access to the city centre, offering a range of enrichment opportunities to support our broad curriculum.
About You
You are likely to have gained experience in a school setting and in engaging pupils in play activities through your career or personal experience. You will be able to bring to us professionalism and enthusiasm
More information about the Trust, School and Role
To find out more about this role, please read the job description and person specification.
To find out more about Amplify Education, please visit our website: amplifyeducation.co.uk
Informal enquiries can be made via email to the school office
School visits can be arranged via email to the school office
Continuing Professional and Leadership development
Employee assistance programme, offering counselling, support and advice on a wide array of areas
Discounted gym membership, Cycle-to-work scheme, Eyesight test vouchers
Flexible working fully supported and enhanced family friendly policies
All new staff are automatically enrolled in the Teacher’s Pension or LGPS Avon Pension Fund.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts at Amplify Education are subject to pre-employment checks incl, but not limited to, initial and periodic enhanced level checks with the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Applications are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or religious belief, sex or sexual orientation, gender reassignment, disability or age, and maternity, marital or civil partner status. We particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups.
The School may carry out online searches on shortlisted applicants, and all applicants will be required to provide details of their online profile, including social media account names/handles, as part of the interview process.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. The School is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions on a self-declaration form in advance of attending an interview (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.