* Join Our Team on our Infant School site as a School Meals Supervisory Assistant (SMSA) *
7.5 hours per week (11:45am - 13:15pm daily)
Could you be the smiling face that helps make lunchtime the best part of a child's day?
We are looking for an enthusiastic, caring and energetic individual to join our friendly lunchtime team and help create a safe, happy and engaging environment for our pupils.
Our SMSAs play a vital role in ensuring that children feel safe, included and supported throughout the school day.
About the Role:
As a School Meals Supervisory Assistant, you will:
Supervise children in the dining hall and playground.
Encourage positive behaviour, friendships and good manners.
Support children's wellbeing, safety and happiness.
Help organise and lead engaging playground activities and games.
Promote inclusion and ensure all children enjoy a positive lunchtime experience.
Be a positive role model for our pupils.
This is much more than a supervisory role – it's an opportunity to build relationships, encourage active play and help children develop important social skills.
We Are Looking For Someone Who:
Enjoys working with children and building positive relationships.
Is caring, patient and approachable.
Has a positive attitude and enjoys being part of a team.
Can communicate effectively with both children and adults.
Is reliable, proactive and able to use their initiative.
Shares our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.
* Make a genuine difference to children's school experience every single day *
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.
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.
Safeguarding Statement
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.
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.