Working With Us

Harris Academy Wimbledon are an ‘Outstanding’ (Ofsted 2023) secondary academy, established in 2018 to provide an excellent education for children in Wimbledon. With our new Sixth Form opening this year, we will soon have a full cohort of students aged 11-18.

Two years after opening, we moved into our brand-new building which is modern, bright and equipped with state-of-the-art facilities in every area of the curriculum. We are oversubscribed and fortunate to have an amazing level of support from the community with waiting lists for entry into every year group of our academy.

Harris Academy Wimbledon promotes high levels of academic achievement across the curriculum, encourages participation in extra-curricular opportunities and empowers students to make decisions wisely.  The curriculum is rich, diverse and personalised ensuring every student achieves his or her true potential.  Academic success goes hand-in-hand with a rich variety of enrichment and extra-curricular activities; these activities help foster a spirit of aspiration, resilience and joy in learning.  

Professional learning is at the heart of academy supporting all staff in their development.  The academy has a growth mindset approach where industry and commitment are seen as cultural virtues.  Development of resilience, self-esteem, managing risks/consequences and the ability to work effectively together all form a key part of the pastoral provision. 

Your responsibilities will be to:

• Undertake direct supervision of students in the dining hall.
• Supervise conduct of students, ensuring safe and orderly conduct.
• Promote and ensure school rules are met and that health and safety procedures are maintained.
• Supervise students entering and leaving the dining hall.
• Ensure students have good table manners.
• Ensure students are returning trays and disposing of waste as appropriate in the bins provided.
• Clean up spillages or debris around the dining areas to ensure the maintenance of good order, discipline and safety, wipe down tables inside and outside at the end of lunch time and sweep the floor
• Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
• Be aware of and support diversity and ensure equal opportunities for all.
• Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the academy.
• Appreciate and support the role of other professionals
• Attend and participate in relevant meetings as required
• Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required
• Undertake any other duties commensurate with the level of the post, as required to ensure the efficient and effective running of the dining areas

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience of working with secondary age children
• Experience of working with children who may have additional needs
• The ability to encourage and inspire young people
• Good organisational skills
• Effective team working skills, understanding academy roles and responsibilities and own position within these
• The ability to use own initiative
• The ability to work in a flexible way

Our people are at the heart of our success. We have developed a strong culture of collaboration and best practice, with professional development and career planning at its centre. We invest in our staff with support, coaching, mentoring, and a wide range of top-quality training programmes delivered at every level.

In addition to the opportunities for career development and progression, we also offer a competitive rewards and benefits package which includes a Performance and Loyalty Bonus, Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions, a Wellbeing Cash Plan, electric car scheme, 26 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays) for staff who work across the full year, and many other benefits. Learn more about our benefits on our website.