School Meals Supervisory Assistant (SMSA)
Key Information
Location: Redscope Primary School
Salary:
£2912.63 pro-rata (£24796.00 fte) Band B, Point 3, of the Support Staff Spine.
Contract Type: Part time, 5hrs per week, term time only. 11.30am to 12.30pm, Monday to Friday (38 weeks/2 INSETs)
Contract Term: Fixed Term Contract (13th April 2026 to 17th July 2026)
Dates
Closing Date: Tuesday 17th March
Interview Date: Friday 20th March
Start Date: Monday 13th April
About this Opportunity
An exciting opportunity to be at the forefront of our organisational development!
We are seeking to employ the right candidate to work with our children over lunchtime. The successful candidate will ideally be organised and experienced in delivering play activities to engage pupils from ages 3 to 11 and contribute to the smooth running of lunchtimes. This role will primarily be working with our nursery children but may be with children up to age 11 if needs be. They will have a good sense of humour, be approachable, flexible and able to work as part of a team.
Here at Redscope Primary School we believe in making sure that children have a whole host of experiences during their time at school from going for a walk in the woods, learning to swim, playing a musical instrument and attending a residential. Whilst we have a wide curriculum with lots of exciting experiences, we believe that children succeed by mastering the basics of reading, writing and mathematics. Our core values are emotional literacy, creativity, basic skills and positive contribution.
We are a friendly, larger than average primary school, catering for around 420 pupils from Early Years Foundation Stage to Year 6. We have our own Nursery as well as comprehensive wrap around care provision, including a breakfast and after school club. Every member of staff in school, as well as our Advisory Group, are fully committed to giving the school and our pupils their best.
New Collaborative Learning Trust (NCLT) has a dynamic, positive and supportive culture for staff and students, with an enviable reputation for staff career progression and development. You will join a focused and driven team, committed to providing the highest standards of education and service. The Trust currently comprises of three 16-19 Colleges, three Secondary Schools and three Primary Schools.
Why Work for Us?
- NCLT was crowned ‘Employer of the Year’ at the 2023 MAT Excellence Awards – these national awards celebrate the very best performers from over one thousand MATs across the country
- A strong commitment to staff wellbeing as outlined in our staff wellbeing charter
- Access to high quality professional training, in-house and externally, to support your professional development
- Attractive pension scheme
- Additional benefits such as a cycle to work scheme and a technology scheme
- A culture of self-reflection and improvement to meet the needs of our staff
If you believe that you have the skills and abilities to take on this role, we’d love to hear from you.
To see the full job description, person specification and to apply please visit https://nclt.ac.uk/vacancies/.
Applications should be submitted to RSP-recruitment@nclt.ac.uk.
Closing Date: 9am Tuesday 17th March 2026.





