The working hours for this role are expected to be 19 hours per week, 38 weeks per year. The start date for this role is 01 September 2026.
St Nicholas Church of England Primary School is seeking to appoint a dynamic and forward-thinking individual. As a member of staff within our Trust, you will contribute to a collaborative working environment and play a key role in supporting the learning and development of all pupils.
Wrap Around Care Leader: BSC - 1 hour per day, 5 days per week and ASC - 2.25 hours per day, 4 days per week (Monday to Thursday).
The Wrap Around Care Leader is responsible for leading the day-to-day organisation of provision, ensuring a high standard of care while creating a safe, secure, and stimulating environment for children. They plan, prepare, and deliver inclusive play activities that support children’s social, physical, emotional, and intellectual development, while also meeting individual needs and promoting independence. The role involves supervising staff, maintaining resources, ensuring safeguarding and health and safety procedures are followed, and supporting positive behaviour in line with school policies. In addition, the leader builds strong relationships with children, parents, and colleagues, communicates effectively, and continuously seeks to improve the quality of the service provided.
MDSA: 1 hour per day, 5 days per week.
The Midday Supervisory Assistant (MDSA) is responsible for ensuring the safety, welfare, and good conduct of children during the lunchtime period, supervising them in dining and play areas while promoting positive behaviour in line with school policies. The role includes setting up and clearing the dining environment, cleaning tables and equipment, and maintaining a tidy and safe space for pupils throughout the lunch break. The MDSA also provides basic first aid, reports accidents or illnesses, and communicates effectively with children and colleagues to support wellbeing and development. Additionally, the post holder is expected to uphold the school’s ethos, attend training and meetings, and contribute to safeguarding practices by maintaining a safe and supportive environment.
About EQUA Mead Learning Trust
EQUA Mead Learning Trust is a leading educational institution based in Wiltshire. Dedicated to providing high-quality education to students from diverse backgrounds, members of staff across EQUA Mead will be committed to improving the life chances of the pupils we educate and ensure we give Every Child, Every Chance. As a growing Trust, currently educating almost 6000 pupils across 22 different schools (pre-school, primary, secondary, and sixth form) we are immensely proud of our staff and endeavour to be an employer of choice. This is an exciting time as we continue to grow the number of schools and children we support.
Safeguarding Statement
This role will involve contact with children, and the post holder will be engaged in regulated activity relevant to children and will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check before appointment is confirmed.
We will only submit a DBS application to the relevant disclosure service when a position is accepted.
EQUA Mead Learning Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Our Recruitment processes follow Safer Recruitment guidance, and all interviews-regardless of role-will include questions relating to safeguarding. Our Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy is available on our website and complies with the latest Keeping Children Safe in Education.
All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. However, amendments to the Exception Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are ‘protected’. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be considered. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on Ministry of Justice website.
Please note that by applying, you acknowledge that we reserve the right to view any publicly available information published online (including social media platforms) as part of our shortlisting process, in line with current KCSIE guidelines.
