Higher level Teaching Assistant
Newborough CofE Primary School, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE6 7RG12 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Asap
Closing date
6 October 2025 at 1pm
Date listed
24 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £26,824.00 - £26,824.00 Annually (FTE) £11,860.27 (Actual)
Higher level Teaching Assistant job summary
About this Role
Contract: 19.5 hours per week over 3 days a week, 38 weeks per year 8.30am - 4pm with 1 hour lunch
About Us
Newborough CofE Primary School is a welcoming, single-form entry school that has recently joined the Peterborough Diocese Education Trust (PDET). This partnership has opened up exciting opportunities for staff development and career progression through research-informed practice and extensive CPD programs. Newborough Primary School is a friendly, nurturing church school based in the heart of Newborough. We provide fantastic provision for children from the local community. The school prides itself on its inclusive nurturing approach and strives to ensure that all pupils thrive and have a brilliant start to their education! Standards are high at Newborough where children are keen to learn but welfare and nurture is paramount in allowing this to happen. Visitors comment on the school’s ethos of nurture and the ‘family feel’ of the school. Our children tell us that this is a fantastic place to be!
We have a rare and exciting opportunity for a friendly, enthusiastic and professional HLTA to join our team.
We are looking for someone who is:
- Enthusiastic, approachable and friendly,
- Experienced in delivering cover for Class Teachers,
- Ensures all children feel safe, happy and able to learn,
- Understanding of the curriculum and pastoral needs of primary aged children,
- Able to deliver and evaluate lessons, giving feedback when needed,
- Confident in using a range of behaviour management skills,
- Ability to work effectively, flexibly and independently,
- Supportive of the ethos of a Church and Trust school.
In return, we can offer you:
- A welcoming and caring school, that encourages everyone to give their best at all times, that aims to contribute all they can to our life as a school community
- A collaborative and supportive school community that is underpinned by the Christian ethos, driven by a shared passion of children’s welfare and education
- A rewarding and exciting working environment, that inspires and challenges within a supportive and welcoming atmosphere.
- Access to a vast array of employee benefits and recognition systems, via our brand-new partnership with Vivup
Newborough is a proud member of PDET, alongside 36 other schools in the Rutland, Peterborough and Northamptonshire area. PDET is responsible for employing all staff and managing the finances and other central services for the Academies in the Trust. These services include HR support; facilities and premises; procurement and school effectiveness. If this sounds like the perfect job opportunity and you’d like to join our family, we would like to hear from you! Visits to the school are warmly welcomed, please call 01733 810253 to arrange.
Newborough CE Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS clearance. Please note CVs will not be accepted and Application Forms should be completed in full. Any gaps in employment must be identified and justified. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive enough suitable applicants so please don't hesitate in submitting your application.
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
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Newborough CofE Primary School
- School type
- Academy, Church of England, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 178 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Newborough CofE Primary School website
School location
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