Learning Coach

University of Cambridge Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB3 0QZ

26 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  5 January 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,989.00 - £26,403.00 Annually (FTE) SCP 5-6 depending on experience

Learning Coach job summary

Learning Coaches

Do you love working with children and thrive off seeing them become independent brilliant learners? Then, this is a wonderful opportunity to make a difference.

You don’t have to be necessarily academic to work here. We do want people who are resilient, care about children, passionate about education, want to make a difference and who have the humour to find ways through every day.

The post is a fixed term post until 31st August 2026 with potential for extension, term time only plus one week (39 weeks per year)

32.5 hours per week

SCP 5-6 £25,989 - £26,403 FTE depending on experience

EYFS, KS 1 or KS 2

We are recruiting:

Our Learning Coaches are people who:

• understand children.

• are kind, thoughtful and courageous.

• step outside of their comfort zones.

• willing to learn, and,

• able to build supportive relationships with adults and children in our community.

Everyone is welcome and everyone is included. If you can demonstrate a thirst for learning and an ability to rise above challenges (and importantly to celebrate successes together) then this is the place for you. We are looking for team members who celebrate our inclusive school and enjoy working with learners with a diverse range of needs.

The University of Cambridge Primary School aspires to be an outstanding school and as well as this responsibility, we will work closely with partners, including the Faculty of Education and the wider University, to develop initial teacher training and research. The school is the first primary University Training School - expectations are very high.

Our Learning Coaches have a big role in our school, and many are inspired to take on some leadership of an area (e.g. first aid, Speech & Language, STEM), being fully involved in managing a wonderful lunch experience for children and need to be flexible. We work differently at UCPS to develop and encourage a community of educators who collaborate to support each child during their unique learning journey. Being a part of the first university training school in the country is very exciting.

   Our school can offer you:

• An opportunity for you to make a real difference in the lives of our young people

• A supportive leadership team to help you thrive

• A welcoming and enthusiastic environment with a talented and dedicated staff team

• Lots of singing and community spirit!

The successful candidate will need to:

• Be kind and have courage.

• Be able to adapt the role to a changing educational landscape and to support staff through this.

• Be willing to step out of your comfort zone to find ways through and be solution focused.

• Be hard working.

• Have high personal expectations and dedication to achieve the best with the children you teach and support.

• Be willing to undertake the appropriate training to support children with intimate care.

• Interest and positive attitude to support class teachers in delivering planned activities as well as in managing groups of children. 

• You have good Literacy and Numeracy skills, able to support children in reading, writing and maths.

• Talk about education and our values, giving examples how they live these in their own lives and contexts

• Ability to work collaboratively with all members of the community.

All staff are employed by the UTS Cambridge Trust not the University of Cambridge.

(Same contract as with Teaching Assistants)

For further information and to make an application please visit www.universityprimaryschool.org.uk Please note that CVs are not accepted.

Closing date for applications: Monday 5th January 2026 9am

Shortlisting: Tuesday 6th January 2026

Interviews: 8th and 9th January 2026

Start date: 6SAP

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 University of Cambridge Primary School

• School type: Free School, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 671 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: University of Cambridge Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/university-of-cambridge-primary-school

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