Learning Assistant
Dogsthorpe Academy, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 4LH10 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
6 July 2025 at 11:59pm
Date listed
24 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
- £20,851.00 - £21,179.00 Annually (Actual) 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Learning Assistant job summary
We are looking for a Learning Assistant to join our team here at Dogsthorpe Academy!
About the role:
Join our vibrant school community as a teaching assistant and embark on a rewarding journey of making a profound difference in the lives of all of our children. We're seeking a passionate individual who thrives on supporting children and who will go go above and beyond to ensure each child reaches their full potential.
You'll be welcomed into a supportive team environment where collaboration and encouragement flourish. Greenwood Academies Trust provides outstanding backing, offering resources and expertise to enhance your professional growth. We're in search of someone who embodies dedication and hard work, someone who is committed to meeting the needs of our children.
Join us in creating a nurturing and inclusive environment where every child feels valued and empowered. Become a part of our wonderful, supportive, and dedicated school community, and experience the joy of making a lasting impact every day.
About us:
We are a large junior academy, with a committed staff team, serving a wonderfully diverse community in Peterborough. The academy, last inspected in February 2023, is considered an ‘improving academy’, with the new leadership team making positive strides in addressing key priorities.
As an academy, we work hard to meet the needs of all our children and are totally committed to the principals of inclusion. We are experienced in multi-agency work, and our dedicated staff team are focused on ensuring that every child receives the highest quality education and care. If you are a current or aspiring leader, who would like to work in a school where relationships are authentic, supportive, and respectful, then Dogsthorpe Academy may just be the opportunity you are looking for.
In return we have multiple benefits for our talented and highly valued people:
Alongside nationally agreed terms and conditions, we offer a generous benefits package. Here's a selection of what's on offer to our people in recognition of the huge difference they make to our children, their families and the communities we serve.
- A free, 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme - confidential & compassionate support when you need it
- Train & qualify as a Mental Health First Aider. We aim to have a qualified Mental Health First Aider in each academy
- Eye tests & Spectacles Discount
- Generous public sector pension schemes for everyone
- Family friendly policies and time off for dependants
- Dedicated ECT support programme
- Access to exclusive offers and discounts of up to 20% across Dell systems and electronics
- Access to savings in childcare costs
- Supporting professional development through CPD, Apprenticeships, Upskilling and Professional Review
- Generous annual leave allocation
- Automatic pay progression
- Free parking on all sites
- Principles on workload & directed time for teaching staff
- Professional Supervision for Academy Leaders
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.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and we expect all staff to share this commitment. All posts will be subject to receipt of satisfactory enhanced DBS disclosure, medical and reference checks. All pre-employment checks are in line with "Keeping Children Safe in Education”.
The Trust welcomes applications from all, irrespective of gender, marital status, disability, race, age or sexual orientation.
All applicants must be able to provide evidence of their Right to Work in the UK prior to commencement of employment. As part of our need to comply with UK immigration rules, you will be required to provide Home Office stipulated documentation prior to interview.
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.
About Dogsthorpe Academy
- School type
- Academy, ages 7 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 357 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 7 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Dogsthorpe Academy website
The Dogsthorpe Junior Academy, part of the Greenwood Academies Trust (GAT), is a junior academy situated in a small community in the north of Peterborough. It is led by the Principal, Julie Cranke, who aims to ensure that it delivers an exciting, innovative and creative curriculum that meets the needs of the pupils. All staff work hard to ensure that every pupil is supported and nurtured, helping them to develop the confidence and skills needed for the years ahead. In addition to the formal curriculum, pupils are also provided with a range of opportunities to follow their own interests and carry out individualised learning programmes.
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