Enhanced Resource Base Teaching Assistant (SEND)

St Laurence Catholic Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4 2JX

18 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Spring Term 2027

• Closing date

  22 November 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £26,016.00 Annually (FTE)

Enhanced Resource Base Teaching Assistant (SEND) job summary

Enhanced Resource Base Teaching Assistant

• Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Multi-Academy Trust
• St Laurence Catholic Primary School, Arbury Road, Cambridge CB4 2JX
• Term-time only, 38 weeks per year, 30 hours per week

St Laurence Catholic Primary school is a welcoming and diverse primary school situated in the north of Cambridge with excellent transport links to the A14, North Cambridge Railway Station and the Guided Busway. We are proud to have an Enhanced Resource Base (ERB) within our school. Our ERB is for pupils with significant SEMH needs, and our nurturing and supportive team provide our wonderful pupils with a safe environment to develop the skills, independence and emotional wellbeing they need to succeed in school and beyond.

We are seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant to join our ERB team. The successful candidate will:

• Have experience of working or volunteering with pupils with SEND, specifically SEMH needs and management of significantly challenging behaviour.
• Trauma Informed Practice is preferrable.
• Have a nurturing approach where every child feels valued.
• Display patience, empathy and passion for supporting pupils with additional needs.
• Have high expectations of pupil outcomes and progress.
• Develop excellent professional relationships with pupils, parents and colleagues.
• Be flexible, collaborative and supportive.
• Be educated to GCSE or equivalent level, including at least a Grade 4 (previously Grade C) in English and Maths.

We can offer:

• The opportunity to work with a passionate and dedicated Specialist SEND Teacher.
• Excellent OLOW Trust support and professional development opportunities.
• An inclusive, welcoming Catholic ethos.
• Excellent resources, space and facilities.
• A friendly and positive school community

Working with our amazing children is both challenging and rewarding, a visit to our unit is strongly encouraged. Please contact office@stlaurence.cambs.sch.uk to book an appointment with Mrs Pedrosa, our Specialist SEND Teacher.

Safer Recruitment

Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Multi-Academy Trust and its member schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children according to child protection and safeguarding guidelines and we expect all staff to share this commitment.

The post you are applying for is classed as having a high degree of contact with children and involves “regulated activity”. As such it is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

All post holders are subject to the necessary pre-employment check, including a satisfactory Enhanced DBS check, including a Child’s Barred List check. Additionally, all shortlisted candidates will be subject to a number of checks, which includes an online search including social media for publicly available information.

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.

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Commitment to safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all staff and volunteers to share
this commitment.

An enhanced DBS check will be required.

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 Laurence Catholic Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 216 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: St Laurence Catholic Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-laurence-catholic-primary-school-cambridge

St Laurence is a secure and happy community where children are encouraged to develop their many talents. Academic excellence for all children is one of our goals but we also seek to nurture the whole child and their special gifts which make each one unique. At St Laurence we aim to help children develop in their journey of faith in a positive learning environment. We place Jesus, His teachings and His values at the centre of all that we do.

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