Cabin Teaching Assistant

St Peter's School, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 7DD

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  February 2026

• Closing date

  5 February 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  21 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,413.00 - £24,796.00 Annually (FTE) NJC Scale 1a, points 2 to 3. Actual salary £18,327 per annum

Cabin Teaching Assistant job summary

CABIN TEACHING ASSISTANT

Salary: Scale 1a Points 2-3 £24,413-£24,796 Actual (£18,327)

Contract: Permanent, 29.10hrs Term Time Only

Start date: February 2026

Place of work: St Peters School, Huntingdon

St Peter’s School Huntingdon, as part of The Cam Academy Trust, is seeking to appoint skilled and enthusiastic individuals to join our hard-working team of professionals in The Cabin, who dedicate themselves to enabling our students with ASC to cope in a mainstream setting and feel safe to prosper academically and socially both now and in the future.

The successful candidate will:

have an approachable and patient nature.

be positive, proactive and professional.

have excellent interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence.

be able to liaise confidently with staff and students.

have a minimum of 5 GCSE grade including English and Maths.

be energetic and have an interest in working with SEN children / young pupils.

a willingness to participate in PE activities will be an advantage.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, barred list check, satisfactory references to the school and a medical questionnaire.

For further details on our school please visit our website www.stpetershuntingdon.org

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 St Peter's School

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1525 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Peter's School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-peter-s-school-huntingdon

St Peter's School, part of The Cam Academy Trust, is a mixed comprehensive school located in central Huntingdon, with approximately 1,000 11-18 students on roll. It is an exciting and rewarding place to work, both for teaching and non-teaching staff, and we are always interested in hearing from dynamic and enthusiastic people who want to make a difference to children's education.

“The school have been unrelenting in improving the provision for pupils at St Peter’s School. Consequently, this is a school that is improving strongly and sustainably over time.” –Ofsted March 2017

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