School Crossing Patrol

Salary: £13.28 - £13.47 per hour
Contract Type: Permanent

Vacancy Hours: 6 hours and 40 minutes per week, Term time only
Location: Knaresborough, North Yorkshire – Wetherby Road

Do you have some spare time in the morning and/or afternoon?

Would you love a role where you can be a hero to young children and adults?

If so, we’re looking for a School Crossing Patrol who wants to make a difference at Aspin Park Academy . Ideally you would cover both the morning and afternoon duties, but if you can't work both, we can offer flexibility and would still be interested in hearing from you if you can only commit to one duty a day. Many of our crossing patrol staff often find the role hugely rewarding and sociable role and we’re sure you will too.

Duty times: 8.05am – 8.55am and 3.00pm – 3.30pm Mon – Fri (Term time)

The role

All our school crossing patrols provide a really valuable service to the local community by ensuring that children and adults are able to cross the road safely on their route to and from school.

Your duties will include:

• Checking the operation of amber flashing lights (where appropriate) and reporting any malfunctions to the School Crossing Patrol Officer.
• Carrying out a ‘pre-duty’ Health and Safety risk assessment to ensure the site is safe to work at, and reporting any concerns identified to the School Crossing Patrol Officer.
• Controlling and marshalling of children at the crossing point
• Stopping traffic on the Highway by using ‘STOP’ sign

What you will bring

If you are customer focused, with great communication skills both verbal and written, then we would love to hear from you.

Working for us

• When you join us, you are entitled to our outstanding benefits and wellbeing plan as part of your position:
• Our holiday entitlement starts at 28 days, rising to 34 days per year pro rata with continued service, plus public holidays.
• Pension: save for your retirement with our generous local government pension scheme with an 18.1% contribution from NYC.
• Fitness & Rewards: Fitness discounts with various Gyms across the county. Stay on top of your game and save £££.
• Lifestyle Savings: explore a huge range of discounts to help you save money across hundreds of the UK’s favourite high-street and online retailers.
• Payroll Pay: salary sacrifice schemes such as Car scheme, Salary Finance, Cycle to work, Technology. Spread the cost from your monthly salary.

Contact and apply

If you would like an informal conversation regarding the role, please contact Sandra Pearson at [email protected]

Key dates

Closing Date: 04 May 2026

Interview Date: To be confirmed

***DBS***

Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.

It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with adults at risk.

We are committed to the inclusion, safeguarding, and promoting the welfare of adults at risk.

NYC is committed to directly recruiting staff and will not accept applications nor services from agency suppliers in respect of our vacancies.

We are committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community and aim to have a workforce reflecting this diversity. We are also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

North Yorkshire Council’s purpose is to deliver services and facilities to the diverse residents and visitors of North Yorkshire. To ensure we deliver inclusive services, we strive to have a diverse workforce where everybody can be themselves by respecting differences and embedding equality of opportunity. We celebrate diversity and recognise each other’s contributions; we therefore welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.