1-1 Teaching Assistant

Port Isaac Academy, Port Isaac, Cornwall, PL29 3RT

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  1 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  18 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £4,990.00 Annually (Actual)

1-1 Teaching Assistant job summary

We are currently looking to appoint a dedicated and compassionate 1:1 SEND Teaching Assistant to support a child with additional needs at Port Isaac Academy for 9 hours a week. The ideal candidate will play a proactive role in meeting the child’s educational, social, and physical needs. Experience in supporting communication and language, cognition and learning, and providing intimate care is essential.

The successful candidate will work closely with the class teacher, family and wider school team to deliver high-quality, individualised support throughout the school day. This includes facilitating engagement in both bespoke activities and class activities, promoting independence, and ensuring the child feels safe, included, and able to thrive. A calm, patient and positive approach is vital.

This role is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the life of a child and to be part of a close-knit school community. We are looking for someone who shares our school values of aspiration, community, respect, resilience and joy, and who believes in creating a culture of belonging for every learner.

Cornwall Education Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of safer recruitment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Port Isaac Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 53 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Port Isaac Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/port-isaac-community-primary-school-port-isaac

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