Level 1, 2 or 3 Teaching Assistant

Wintringham Primary Academy, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 0AW

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  8 July 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  18 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,657.00 - £25,183.00 Annually (FTE)

Level 1, 2 or 3 Teaching Assistant job summary

Wintringham Primary Academy is seeking to appoint experienced and/or inexperienced, inspirational, dedicated and enthusiastic Teaching Assistants, with experience working across both Key Stage 1 and 2 to join our experienced team. Consideration will be given to inexperienced applicants. The hours are 32 hours per week, Monday to Friday with a 30-minute unpaid lunch break, 39 working weeks per year, term-time plus training days. Salary is dependent upon experience.

We are looking for someone with who will bring enthusiasm and a commitment to children's learning to our happy and friendly school.

The right candidate will need to be adaptable, enthusiastic, highly motivated and have the ability to work as part of a team. They must demonstrate full commitment to the school and its aim to raise standards.

Every day you will be assisting the teacher in teaching all subjects, along with encouraging good behavior.

The ideal candidate will:

Have the ability to build good relationships with children, parents/carers and colleagues;

Have commitment to equal opportunities;

Be flexible and have experience of using different strategies to achieve the desired outcomes;

Have the ability to work in a team but also to use your own initiative;

Have good organisational and time management skills;

Have excellent communication skills;
Have a good understanding of the curriculum and expectations;

Have patience and a good sense of humour.

Further benefits include;

A collaborative approach to working;

Opportunities to train/work with other academies within the Diamond Learning Partnership Trust to share best practice and resources;

A friendly and professional team;

An engaged parent body

Local Government Pension Scheme;

Discounted Childcare Vouchers;

A caring and supportive working environment.

Wintringham Primary Academy is part of the Diamond Learning Partnership Trust, a charitable multi-academy trust (MAT) specialising in the Primary sector. We are building a thriving community of schools that succeed on behalf of their children. The Family of Academies within the Trust currently incorporates 15 schools. As such, joining our MAT means joining an organisation with an array of developmental and career opportunities.

Please apply via My New Term Candidate Login | MyNewTerm although application forms are available to download from our school website at https://www.wintringhamprimary.co.uk/ or The Diamond Learning Trust website https://diamondlearningtrust.com/career-opportunities/

The Diamond Learning Partnership Trust is an equal opportunities employer, committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to have two satisfactory references and an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check.

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 Wintringham Primary Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 209 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wintringham Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wintringham-primary-academy

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