School Meals Supervisory Assistant (SMSA)

WHITMORE HIGH SCHOOL

SCHOOL MEALS SUPERVISORY ASSISTANT (LUNCHTIME)

Come and join us at Whitmore High School where we believe all our exceptional staff contribute to transforming students’ lives!

We are looking for a School Meals Supervisory Assistant (SMSA) who would like to be part of a friendly and hard-working team to oversee the students during the lunch break and to help with the cleaning of the staffroom kitchen.

The successful candidate will:

• Be enthusiastic and hardworking

• Be able to communicate clearly with students and staff

• Be able to establish and maintain friendly but firm relationships with students

• Be able to act on her/his own initiative as necessary

• Be able to remain calm and professional at all times

• Be a positive team player, willing to pitch in and help out where needed and believe in the importance of team work and a collaborative approach

• Be committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and the principles and practice of equal opportunities

• Be committed to the principles and practice of safeguarding all young people

Why work for Whitmore High School?

• State of the art building with well-equipped classrooms, excellent resources and modern facilities

• Fantastic support from your line managers and SLT who will develop you and want to see you succeed in your career

• You’ll be working in a school graded ‘Outstanding’ in all areas by OFSTED

• Exceptional and wide ranging CPD opportunities

• Staff Wellbeing group who promote a healthy work life balance and arrange activities such as weekly staff yoga, on-site massage, weekly fruit, book club with free Kindle loan for staff etc.

• Free annual flu jab

• Free use of the on-site gym

OFSTED graded the school in March 2025 as Outstanding in all areas and commented “Pupils achieve particularly well at this school due to the ambitious curriculum provided. Pupils are highly engaged and focused in lessons. A clear sense of care resonates through this truly inclusive school.” Our students are happy, well behaved and make excellent progress.

Full details of the post, application form and more information on our school can be viewed on our website

We reserve the right to interview early for this post should a suitable candidate apply

Whitmore High School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and all staff are expected to share this commitment. A copy of our child protection policy can be found on the school website. All appointments are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check and pre-employment checks. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children. Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, this post is listed as an exempted employment. You therefore need to reveal all spent convictions during the recruitment and vetting process.