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St Mary’s Catholic Primary School

Hornchurch Road, Hornchurch, RM12 4TL

Tel: 01708 448430

Email: admin@stmcps.co.uk

Website: https://www.stmaryscatholicprimaryschool.co.uk/

Head Teacher: Mr Michael Ross 

Diocese of Brentwood

Breakfast & Afterschool Club Assistant

Hours: 3 hours per day Monday – Friday/38 weeks per year (term time only) on a shift of either 2.30 pm – 5.30 pm or 3.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Salary: Scale 3, point 5. Pro Rata Salary of £10,279 p.a. (FTE £29,436 p.a.)

Contract: Fixed Term for one year 

Start Date: As soon as possible 

St Mary’s Catholic Primary School is seeking to recruit a Breakfast and Afterschool Club Assistant

We are a nurturing community where children are encouraged to be Christ-like in their daily lives.

Duties and Responsibilities

Support for pupils

• Provide levels of individual attention, reassurance and help as appropriate to the pupil’s needs.
• Provide information, advice and opportunities for pupils to establish a healthy life style through their choice of breakfast.
• Be responsible for first aid (after training) in the event of accident or injury and provide documentation as required.
• Help the supervisor to take appropriate action to minimise health, safety and security risks, which arise during Breakfast and Afterschool Club hours.
• Provide advice and assistance as required (depending on age and ability) to enable pupils to develop basic hygiene skills, supporting pupils in respecting their own and others’ needs relating to health and hygiene matters
• Promptly report signs of health problems to the supervisor.
• Supervise children at arrival/departure and at other designated times in the Breakfast and Afterschool Club environment.
• Recognise uncharacteristic behaviour patterns in individual and /or groups of children and report these promptly to the supervisor.

Support the Supervisor:

• Help pupils to select equipment and materials relevant to the task they are undertaking and to use these safely and correctly.
• Serve pupils with breakfast and advise the children on healthy choices.
• Prepare and set up the breakfast serving area considering safety and accessibility.
• Ensure that the area used by Breakfast and Afterschool Club is cleared up and ready for school use.
• Update individual children’s records when new information is provided by parents/guardians, under the direction of the Supervisor.
• Provide praise and encouragement to pupils to recognise and promote positive pupil behaviour.
• Support behaviour management at the beginning, end and during each session.
• Where necessary, correct behaviour to maintain order and discipline.
• Report uncharacteristic behaviour patterns in individual pupils and incidents of inappropriate behaviour to the senior leader and to keep a record of such behaviour.
• Deal with general questions from parents regarding the running of the club and possible available places.
• Ensure that information for the school office is collected, collated and passed on as promptly as possible.

Support the Club

• Contribute effectively to team practice, identifying and sharing information on the opportunities for improvement.
• Attend in-service training as required and meetings, including staff meetings, subject to working hours.
• Comply with health and safety regulations.
• Maintain confidentiality
• Adhere to Breakfast and Afterschool Clubs procedures and policies.

Arrangements for appraisal of performance:

• participate in annual performance review  

Visits to our school are strongly encouraged, where you will feel for yourselves a warm welcome and be able to raise any questions regarding this exciting opportunity.

Please apply online.

Closing date for applications: Friday 10th October 2025

Interview Date: w/c Monday 13th October 2025

St Mary’s is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS Check is required for the successful candidate.