Lunchtime Supervisor – Playground & Sports Field

Location: Quidenham, Norwich, NR16 2NZ

Hourly rate: £12.87 - £13.22 per hour depending on experience and qualifications

Hours: 7.5 hours per week – 12pm – 1.30pm Monday – Friday - Term Time only

Contract: Fixed term contract until July 2026

Start date: As soon as possible

Aurora Eccles School:

To help support the ongoing safety, well-being and positive behaviour of our pupils during their break times we are looking to recruit some Lunchtime supervisors to join our school team.

Part of the Aurora Group, Aurora Eccles School in Quidenham, Norwich provides day placements for students aged 11 to 16 years primarily with communication and interaction difficulties or specific learning difficulties such as dyslexia.  Some may be on the autistic spectrum or have anxieties and difficulties that create barriers to learning. 

To take a virtual look around our school please click here: Eccles Virtual Tour

Key Duties:

• Monitor school boundaries to keep pupils within safe areas.
• Observe behaviour, apply the behaviour policy, and escalate serious incidents.
• Promote positive, inclusive play and support structured activities.
• Use radios/communication devices to request support when needed.
• Stay alert to health, safety and safeguarding risks and report concerns promptly.
• Provide basic first aid and refer any serious injuries immediately.
• Help tidy the playground and ensure equipment and belongings are collected.
• Work collaboratively with other school staff.
• Model the school's values and uphold safeguarding at all times.

Please note that duties will vary and you will be expected to contribute to the overall aims of Eccles when required. Please see the link below for our full job description:

Job Description – Lunchtime Supervisor

Skills and Qualifications

• Caring, approachable and genuinely enjoy working with children.
• Understands and is able to maintain clear boundaries and appropriate behaviour with and towards children meeting the requirements of Keeping Children Safe in Education.
• Possesses good communication and interpersonal skills — able to listen, encourage, and manage groups of children calmly and fairly.
• Works well as part of a team yet is able to use their own initiative when supervising outdoor areas independently.
• Is reliable, punctual, and flexible — able to adapt to varying conditions (e.g. weather, different age groups, changing numbers).
• Maintains a calm, even-tempered and professional manner, especially when dealing with challenging behaviour or conflict.
• Ideally holds (or is willing to obtain) a basic first-aid qualification and has a sound understanding of health & safety principles.
• Is vigilant, responsible, and aware of safety and safeguarding needs, with the confidence to act when required.

Due to the location of the school, candidates must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to their own vehicle. 

How to Apply: 

For candidates that haven't worked in this sector before please be aware that for regulatory reasons the application process is far more detailed and thorough compared to other sectors.

Please complete the online application form in full, including all employment and education details, and provide a personal statement that makes us keen to speak to you.

If you need any assistance or would like any more information, please contact Liz in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at

Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.

The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.

This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled. 

Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search