St Cedd’s School

Job Description

Job Title:

Playground Supervisor

Responsible to:

Head of Pastoral

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Role of the Playground Supervisor:

•  To supervise and lead the team of duty playground assistant staff.
•  To supervise and assist children during lunchtime, inside the school and in the playground, to ensure a
safe and positive learning environment is maintained and that all children behave in an appropriate
manner.

Purpose:

Playground Supervisors work in primary school, looking after children during break-times and overseeing
the duty team of playground assistants.  This role covers a range of activities to ensure that the children’s
break is a safe and effective part of their education and development.

Duties and Responsiblities:

•  To oversee and supervise the duty team of playground assistants in adhering to the school’s ethos

and guidelines in providing a safe environment for children and take responsibility for supervising and
assisting children over the lunchtime period.

•  To make decisions to resolve problems and issues that may arise during the lunchtime period.

•  To monitor children in the dining room if required in order to encourage children to eat healthy,

balanced lunches.

•  To address any misbehaviour by children and control children from entering restricted areas or
leaving the premises without authorisation to ensure their safety and wellbeing and to manage
behaviour using approved sanctions outlined by the school.

•  To deal with, record and make appropriate decisions concerning first-aid incidents and illness to

ensure maximum safety for the children during lunchtime.  To check, monitor and resolve health and
welfare issues, and where necessary refer these to appropriate members of staff.

Whilst every effort has been made to explain the main duties and responsibilities of the role, each individual
task undertaken may not be identified. Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request
from the Head to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description.

Reviewed: Oct 2025