1:1 Teaching Assistant
The Netherhall School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 8NN11 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
1 November 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
21 October 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern
- Full time: Full time Monday-Friday
Contract type
- Permanent
Pay scale
- Cambridgeshire Scale 3 point 5-6
What skills and experience we're looking for
Join our Inclusion Faculty
We are seeking calm, resilient and adaptable Teaching Assistants to join our Inclusion Faculty. At Netherhall, our Teaching Assistants are known as Learning Link Mentors because the role centres on building reliable links between students, learning, families and the wider professional team.
Postholders may be primarily allocated to a particular student and must be prepared to provide consistent 1:1 support for learners with high and complex needs. They will also work flexibly across students, timetables, interventions and Inclusion Faculty priorities as directed. Staff work within agreed plans and staffing arrangements and are not expected to manage significant incidents alone.
The role includes
- Providing consistent 1:1, paired, small-group or classroom support according to identified need.
- Supporting learning, transitions, communication, emotional regulation and reintegration.
- Following EHCPs, individual support plans, risk assessments, safeguarding plans and agreed de-escalation strategies.
- Building trusting professional relationships while maintaining clear, predictable boundaries.
- Developing independence and avoiding unnecessary reliance on adult support.
- Working closely with teachers, SEND and safeguarding staff, families, external professionals and alternative provision tutors.
- Recording attendance, engagement, progress, incidents and safeguarding information accurately and promptly.
We welcome applications from people with experience of supporting young people whose behaviour may communicate distress, unmet need or dysregulation. Training in de-escalation, Restrictive Interventions and positive handling would be advantageous but is not essential. Appropriate training will be provided where required.
What the school offers its staff
As part of Anglian Learning, employees can benefit from:
- CARE pension scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme for staff and their families
- Free membership of Anglian Learning Sports Centres
- Cycle to Work salary sacrifice scheme
- Eye care and annual flu vaccination vouchers
- 20% discount on Anglian Learning Adult Education courses
- Teacher Discounts and Blue Light Card shopping discounts
- Professional development, coaching and career development opportunities across the Trust
Further information about the job
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
Apply for the job by following the link below.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on school website (opens in new tab)Additional documents
If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.
About The Netherhall School
- Organisation type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary school
- Size
- 1259 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- Email address
- peopleservices@anglianlearning.org
The Netherhall School is part of the Anglian Learning family of schools. We are a thriving and highly distinctive co-educational 11–16 school, serving Cambridge City and beyond. We are proud to have been at the centre of high quality educational activity in Cambridge since 1871, 150 years and counting.
Our school values centre on establishing a strong community based on great relationships. They are summed up in the phrase, ‘Inspiring, Individual, Inclusive.’
INSPIRING
We believe that students learn best in an environment which inspires them, high quality facilities in purpose built spaces. Also that student deserve the most inspiring teachers and support staff delivering a world-class curriculum. In this environment, students thrive and, in turn, inspire us.
INDIVIDUAL
We believe that each student brings their own unique potential and talents to the school. We tailor our curriculum and support to meet the needs of each individual rather than using a ‘best fit’ methodology. Extra-curricular activities are not seen as an optional extra but as an expected part of a student’s discovery of themselves. Complementing this, all students build a portfolio of their achievements in and out of school through their years at Netherhall; this takes the form of their Pride Pledge which in accessible on our ALIS intranet site.
INCLUSIVE
Netherhall is a school where all students and staff are valued, enjoy an atmosphere of tolerance and respect, growing together as a school family.
We believe that the synergy of these three factors make a successful school and we continue to work with all stakeholders to produce students with: excellent academic outcomes; empathy and tolerance of each other, their faiths and backgrounds; excellent skills of communication; teamwork; and who have the self-motivation and resilience needed to be successful in the outside world.
Arranging a visit to The Netherhall School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email peopleservices@anglianlearning.org.
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