Learning Assistant

Bishop Creighton Academy, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 5DB

8 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  15 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  5 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £15,498.00 - £15,741.00 Annually (Actual) 27.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year

Learning Assistant job summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic experienced Learning Assistant. The suitable candidate will have recent experience volunteering or working in a primary school setting.

The Bishop Creighton Academy, part of the Greenwood Academies Trust (GAT), is located in Peterborough. It joined the GAT in April 2015 and has a diverse and culturally rich pupil intake that has grown in recent years and shares in the Trusts vision of helping all pupils to succeed despite their background. The academy is also focused on continual professional development and is a research engaged school.

We are pioneering our teaching and learning outlook by being a 21st Century school and are proud to be a ‘Microsoft Showcase School’. Our pupils use technology for their learning, equipping them with vital skills for the future.

You will be joining an academy which plays part in a successful Multi Academy Trust with first class professional values and high standards The Bishop Creighton Academy, part of the Greenwood Academies Trust (GAT), is located in Peterborough. We have recently undergone significant work to improve the indoor learning environment, the academy now offers an attractive semi-open plan school with an attractive KS2 library, large KS1 shared area and a spacious P.E./assembly hall.

More information can be found here: https://www.bishopcreightonacademy.org/

In Return:

You can be assured that you will be joining a successful Multi Academy Trust that has a great track record in helping children to succeed no matter what their background. The Trust is dedicated to valuing and developing the workforce whether that be through ensuring a fair workload or offering access to bespoke CPD from the Learning Alliance to enhance professional growth.

We believe in looking after the people who make a huge difference to our children, their families and the communities we serve. That’s why we give everyone who joins a Perkbox account – with 24/7 access to perks and discounts, plus curated wellbeing tools to look after your physical and mental health. It’s part of our commitment to look after you.

Here’s what you can look forward to:

• Hundreds of global and local perks, available online 24/7
• Shopping discounts from the biggest brands, all year round
• Save money on everything from the supermarket shop to summer holidays
• A free Employee Assistance Programme from Health Assured

If this post attracts sufficient interest before the closing date, we may decide to close and interview this vacancy at an earlier date, so an early application is advised.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Bishop Creighton Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 204 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bishop Creighton Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bishop-creighton-academy

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