Lunchtime Supervisor for September 2025

About us

Old Swinford Hospital is one of the country’s leading state boarding schools. A large number of the School’s students are boarders who come from a wide range of backgrounds in the UK and also from the EU and overseas. A third of our pupils are day pupils, who usually go home after lessons, unless they are involved in sport or music, CCF or DofE. The School is now on an exciting journey to become fully co-educational by 2025. Girls joined us in September 2021 in Year 7, whilst the Sixth Form has been mixed since 2004.

OSH is calm place to work. It is inclusive, tolerant and welcoming. The atmosphere is supportive and orderly, and it is also very relaxed because for many of our pupils their school is also their home. Parents, pupils and staff are all on the same side and our pupils want to learn before going out into the wider world and making their own contribution to it. 

We have recently had two very favourable Ofsted visits, one for boarding and one for curriculum. You can see these via our website www.oshsch.com  We enjoy a very good academic reputation and regularly feature in the lists of the most academically successful maintained schools. We’re not about league tables, however. We pride ourselves on developing in our pupils a balance of academic achievement, character and resilience and we’ve been doing this now for nearly 360 years.

Our extensive extra-curricular programme contributes to our pupils becoming happy, healthy and interested young people, for whom sport, music, art, drama, outdoor pursuits feature in their everyday lives. 

A major building programme has recently been completed which includes a large extension to an already impressive sports centre, an all-weather floodlit sports pitch, a new teaching block with a specialist arts room, a performing arts centre and a new senior boarding house.

Job Specification

Lunchtime supervisors have a range of duties and responsibilities:

• Effectively supervising the day students in the two base lounges;
• Dealing with misbehaviour and reporting any problems to a member of Senior Leadership Team (SLT);
• Ensuring the lounges are kept clean and tidy;
• Ensure good health and safety regulations are adhered to at all times, for example, cleaning up spillage and reporting any issues;
• Being aware of responsibilities under child protection legislation, and reporting concerns to DS;
• To record and report all accidents by following company procedures;
• Complete all training required;
• To carry out all reasonable duties as requested by any member of SLT.

Person Specification

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate the following:

• Enjoyment of working with children and the ability to control and supervise them
• Take pride in a job well done, committed to achieving high standards of cleanliness
• Good observation and communication skills
• Patience
• Punctual and reliable
• Trustworthy, maintaining confidentiality at all times in respect of school related matters and to prevent disclosure of confidential and sensitive information
• Initiative and the ability to work without supervision, but as part of a team
• Displays commitment to the protection and safeguarding of children and young people.

Remuneration & Hours

Hours of work are Monday to Friday 12.45pm to 2.00pm – a total of 6.25 per week, term time. 

The rate of pay is currently £12.21 (NLW) per hour.

In line with current regulation you will, if you are eligible, be offered a workplace pension through NEST.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy before the advertised date if a large number of applications have been received.

Equal Opportunities

Old Swinford Services Limited welcomes applications for employment from all sectors of the community.

Suitability to Work with Children

Old Swinford Services Limited is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and applicants are required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service check.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy before the advertised date if a large number of applications have been received.