Grade: Grade 1, £25,784 per annum, pro rata Approximately £5,499 per annum (0.21326 FTE)

Please note: This role is part time working 10 hours per week

About us and the role

Avanti Grange Secondary School is seeking a committed and caring Midday Supervisor to help ensure the safety, wellbeing and positive conduct of our students during lunchtime. The successful candidate will play an important role in creating a safe, welcoming and positive environment where students can enjoy their lunch, socialise with their peers and participate in purposeful activities.

You will provide effective supervision across the school site, promote respectful and co-operative behaviour, and encourage students to make positive choices in line with the school’s expectations and policies. This role also involves responding appropriately to any health, safety or safeguarding concerns and ensuring that relevant information is shared with the appropriate member of staff.

We are looking for someone who is vigilant, approachable and confident in communicating with young people, with the ability to remain calm and professional in a range of situations. This is a rewarding opportunity for someone who enjoys working with students and is committed to supporting their welfare and helping to create a positive and enjoyable lunchtime experience.

School visits are welcomed and encouraged. Please contact the school to arrange a suitable time.

Avanti Grange is Bishop’s Stortford’s newest secondary school, already recognised as Outstanding in all areas by Ofsted (2025). Our state-of-the-art campus serves families across Bishop’s Stortford and neighbouring villages, and is home to a vibrant, ambitious and supportive community. The school is heavily oversubscribed, reflecting its strong reputation locally and the demand to be part of our journey.

We are a co-educational community school, part of the Avanti Schools Trust, with a clear vision to inspire spiritually compassionate changemakers. Our staff are motivated by a shared purpose: to deliver exceptional teaching, foster character formation, and nurture wellbeing. As one colleague put it: “Working at Avanti Grange feels like being part of a family with a shared, values-driven mission.”

We are equally committed to the growth of our staff as to the success of our students. In 2024, we were awarded the Teacher Development Trust Gold Award for the quality and culture of our professional development – recognition held by only a small number of schools nationally. Through education-leading CPD and coaching, colleagues at Avanti Grange thrive in an environment where “better never stops.”

Students benefit from a rigorous, knowledge-rich curriculum, underpinned by yoga, mindfulness, and an exceptional co-curricular programme. Our pastoral system is a defining strength: impeccable behaviour supports high-quality learning, while wellbeing is woven into daily life through practices that allow both staff and students to flourish.

With more than 660 students on roll and growing each year towards a full secondary and sixth form, Avanti Grange offers a rare opportunity to help shape one of the most exciting schools in the region.

What will you do?

• Supervise students throughout the lunchtime period, ensuring their health, safety and welfare at all times across the dining room, playground and during wet lunchtimes.
• Promote positive, purposeful and co-operative behaviour in line with the school’s behaviour policy, encouraging students to engage appropriately throughout lunchtime.
• Respond promptly to accidents, injuries, illness, spillages and other health and safety concerns, following school policies and procedures and informing the appropriate member of staff.
• Support the safeguarding of children and young people by following child protection procedures, remaining vigilant and reporting any concerns, including the presence of unauthorised individuals on site.
• Communicate relevant information about students’ behaviour, wellbeing and safety to the appropriate staff member, recognising and reinforcing positive behaviour as well as addressing concerns

Why should you apply 

Avanti exists to help each person become a well-rounded human being through intellectual, moral and spiritual growth, and so make the world a better place.

You will be working in a fantastic environment, with:

• Great opportunities for professional development
• LGPS pension scheme (subject to eligibility)
• O2 discounts, Specsavers corporate eye test vouchers
• Eligible for NUS Card and CSSC membership
• Well-being programs (retreats, yoga, wellness apps)
• Cycle-to-work Scheme

What are we looking for?

• Ability to work as part of a team, form good relationships with other colleagues to ensure effective lunchtime supervision
• Ability to form good relationships with children 
• To be able to take charge of groups of children setting and maintaining acceptable behavioural standards 
• To be able to ensure the health and safety of all pupils at all times and following process for reporting incidents
• Commitment to the safeguarding and welfare of all students

Please view the full Job Description for more information on the responsibilities and essential criteria required for this role.

Further information

Pre-employment checks

Avanti Schools Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All successful candidates are required to have an Enhanced DBS check unless internally appointed and still within the cycle of DBS re-checks.

Any appointment subsequently made will be subject to the receipt of satisfactory references and other pre-employment checks.

Diversity and Inclusion

We want to make sure we are attracting the widest possible range of people and ensure that they are accepted, understood and treated equally when they work here. This means we will work hard to understand that each employee is unique and ensuring that individuals or groups are not treated differently or less favourably on the basis of specific characteristics. 

Such characteristics include (but are not limited to) age, disability, gender including transgender, race, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how the school supports pregnant women and new parents.