Midday Supervisor

Job Introduction

Start Date: 2 June 2026 or 1 September 2026 (flexible on start date)

Contract/Hours: 5 hours per week over 5 days (one hour per day - discussion welcome on job shares and working days), term time only

Salary details: Grade 2 (NJC - Green Book)

Contract Type: Temporary until 31 August 2027, with a view to extend.

Closing Date: 9am on Friday 24 April 2026

Interview Date: Friday 1 May 2026

We are looking for a caring, reliable and enthusiastic Midday Supervisor to join our friendly team and help deliver high‑quality lunchtimes as part of our OPAL (Outdoor Play and Learning) programme. This is a rewarding role at the heart of school life, supporting children to enjoy creative, active and inclusive play every day.

What the role involves

• Supervising children in the canteen, playground and indoor areas
• Encouraging positive play, good manners and healthy social interaction
• Supporting children with routines such as lining up, clearing away and using cutlery
• Promoting positive behaviour and helping resolve minor disagreements
• Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all pupils at all times
• Working as part of a supportive team to maintain a calm, happy lunchtime environment
• Setting up and tidying away equipment before and after play

What we’re looking for

• A warm, approachable manner and a genuine interest in children
• Patience, fairness and the ability to stay calm under pressure
• Good communication skills with both children and adults
• Reliability, punctuality and a strong sense of responsibility
• The ability to follow school policies, including safeguarding and behaviour expectations
• Willingness to work outdoors in all seasons

What makes us special?

• Our children are enthusiastic, inquisitive and eager to learn and succeed.
• Our families are supportive, proactive and deeply community minded.

Our Headteacher and Governors are ambitious and tenacious in their approach to school leadership. Our Headteacher was a School Improvement Partner for the Local Authority and a mentor to aspiring Headteachers. She is now an Executive Headteacher. 

Our Ofsted report February 2022 commented on ‘Clanfield being a harmonious place where staff, pupils and parents and carers all feel that they are part of one close-knit family. Happiness and joy are apparent everywhere’.
 

In return, we can offer you:

• A happy, supportive and friendly environment where we work effectively as a team - Ofsted and recent staff survey reported 100% staff are happy in their role.
• Enthusiastic pupils who are inquisitive and want to learn of whom 100% enjoy School (Ofsted, 2022).
• Governors who are committed to the continuing development of the school and staff.
• Wellbeing days.
• The chance to make a real difference within our school and community.
• The opportunity to be involved in planning an ambitious, inspiring and challenging curriculum for all pupils - one which has been shared in the local authority as a model of excellence.
• A promise to ensure workload is constantly monitored for all staff.
• A sociable, high spirited and happy team.
• A village with an award-winning café, boutique restaurant and outdoor education centre within 500 metres.

This is no ordinary school; this may be a small school, but it has a big ambition.

 Please contact our School Office on 01367 810257 to arrange a visit; we look forward to welcoming you.

 Mrs Kim Rogers

Headteacher

Application Procedure:

We welcome informal conversations with the Headteacher or Business Manager and encourage you to come and visit our school and meet our staff and pupils. In all circumstances, please contact Ms Betts (Business Manager) for further details and an application pack; telephone 01367 810257 or email office.3100@clanfield.oxon.sch.uk. We reserve the right to interview candidates prior to the closing date. Early applications are encouraged. Please note that we are unable to accept CV applications.

Safer Recruitment

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We will ensure that all our recruitment and selection practices reflect this commitment. All successful candidates will be subject to Disclosure and Barring Service checks along with other relevant employment checks.