School Meals Supervisory Assistant

Salary

£24,796 FTE. Actual salary £4256pa

Contractual hours

7.5

Basis

Part Time

Job type

Support Staff - Other

Location

Bristol

Job category

Midday Supervisor

Date posted

10/11/2025

Job reference

CST-R0482

About Us

Cathedral Schools Trust (CST) is a family of schools committed to inspiring learning both in and beyond the classroom. With a strong focus on music and the creative arts, we support every student and staff member in reaching their full potential. If you're looking for a Trust that values creativity, growth, and meaningful learning, CST could be the perfect place for you.

We invite you to join our Outstanding (Ofsted 2024) team at Ashton Gate Primary School. We are a friendly, forward-thinking school with a successful, hardworking, collaborative team. Our children are well-behaved, eager to learn, and open to new ideas. Our parents are highly engaged and value creativity in the curriculum.

Our school is spread across two nearby sites - EYFS & KS1 on our Ashton Gate Road location, and KS2 just a two-minute walk away on Upton Road. If you're looking for a welcoming school where you can grow your career, we'd love to hear from you

The Opportunity

We are looking for an excellent and committed School Meals Supervisory Assistant to join our outstanding team working 12.00pm to 1.30pm Monday to Friday to cover a maternity leave from 5th January 2026 until 4th January 2027 or sooner if this postholder returns. If you join us, a typical week in this role may include the following:

• supervising the children whilst they eat their lunches;
• help clearing away the food hall;
  supervising pupils whilst they are playing outside in the playground or inside, depending on the weather.

About You

Applicants must be reliable, trustworthy, and able to work independently and will be expected to maintain a strong presence around the school, building good relationships with all pupils and encouraging good behaviour to promote a positive lunchtime atmosphere.

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 Cathedral Schools Trust and Ashton Gate Primary, please read the attached Recruitment pack or visit our website:
• Informal enquiries can be made via email to Angela Akbayir, School Secretary (Ashton Site),

We can offer you

• Continuing Professional 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.

How to apply …

We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment. If you are excited about this role and can demonstrate many but not all of the requirements on the job description and/or person specification, we would encourage you to apply as you may just be the person we are looking for.

• Please complete our application form by Midnight on Sunday 30th November 2025
• Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an interview week beginning 8th December 2025
• All candidates will be advised of the outcome of their application following the closing date

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 Cathedral Schools Trust 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.