MDSA

Liden Academy · Swindon, South West

MDSA at Liden Academy, based in Swindon, South West. This is a permanent role.

Salary
Competitive
Location
Swindon, South West
Contract
Permanent
Posted
17 hours ago
Closes
11 Oct 2026
Sector
Nursery Practitioner

Reference b0c7619ec06c814474e1cee240d30dfc701424fb

About the role

About Liden Academy

At Liden Academy, our children are at the centre of everything we do. We are fully committed to our school mission of ‘Growth through Excellence,’ as we take huge pride in improving the progress children make both academically and socially, in a happy and caring environment.

Our school and pre-school are very much at the heart of our local community, who play a really active role in supporting our learning. We offer an ‘all-through’ education with many of our children starting pre-school at 2 years old, preparing them for a smooth transition to school.

We are extremely fortunate to have a wonderful Early Years dedicated setting, and one of the largest and well equipped outdoor playing areas in Swindon, with excellent facilities such as our own woods, wildlife area, two large playing fields, outdoor multi-sports arena and climbing park.

As part of Excalibur Academies Trust, we benefit from shared expertise and strong governance, whilst maintaining our own unique identity, values and deep community focus.

The Role

We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Midday Supervisory Assistant (MDSA) 1 hour per day term time only - Monday to Friday.

You will work in partnership with classroom staff to support pupils during lunchtimes. Responsibilities include the supervision of pupils during lunchtime as required to ensure the safety, general welfare and behaviour management of pupils during lunchtime.

The successful candidates will;

  • Be enthusiastic, highly motivated and committed to supporting our values
  • Have the drive and energy to enthuse and inspire our children
  • Help children in the food hall to be healthy and refuel for the rest of the day
  • Believe in providing a fun environment whilst children take a break from their lessons
  • Support children to engage in play
  • Support our classroom staff by providing a fulfilling lunchtime break for our children

Please see the attached Job Description for full details of the responsibilities and expectations of this role.

Please check the Person Specification for the qualifications that are listed as Essential for this role. You will be required to show these qualifications if you are successful.

Benefits

Support on Continuous Professional Development (CPD)

Supportive colleagues and SLT

Eager and motivated students

Excellent Pension Scheme (Teachers & LGPS for support and Shared Services staff)

Employee Assistance Programme

Free on-site parking & Cycle to Work Scheme

Free Eye Tests

Career development opportunities within school and across the Trust

Flexible Family Friendly Policies

Note: Applicants will be considered as received. Should a suitable candidate be identified, we may close the vacancy early.

In the first instance we would welcome your application via My New Term. However, if you are unable to complete the application on this platform, please contact the team using [email removed] and we will be able to issue a Word version of the application form for completion and return by the deadline. Unfortunately, in line with Safer Recruitment, we are unable to accept CVs.

If you would like to find out more about working at Liden Academy, please follow this link to the recruitment pages on our website Vacancies - Liden Academy

Reference: b0c7619ec06c814474e1cee240d30dfc701424fb · Posted 17 hours ago · Closes 11 Oct 2026 · Listed via Liden Academy

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