Level 1 Teaching Assistant

Sir Harry Smith Community College, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 1XB

53 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2027

• Closing date

  23 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  1 October 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £16,520.27 Annually (Actual) Level 1A Point 3 £25,614 FTE (includes a pending national pay award )

Level 1 Teaching Assistant job summary

Join our dedicated Aspire Learning Hub team and help make a difference to the lives of young people. We are seeking enthusiastic, caring and resilient individuals who are passionate about supporting students to overcome barriers to learning, thrive in school and achieve their full potential. Working as part of our SEND/Inclusion Team, you will play a key role in supporting students' learning, wellbeing and personal development within a nurturing and highly inclusive environment.

To support the learning, wellbeing, engagement and inclusion of students within the Aspire Learning Hub and wider school environment. Working under the direction of teachers and Inclusion staff, the post holder will help students overcome barriers to learning, develop independence, improve attendance and engagement, and achieve positive educational and personal outcomes.

The successful candidate will contribute to the Trust's commitment to ensuring that every child is known, valued and supported to achieve their full potential through a nurturing, inclusive and relationship-based approach.

Sir Harry Smith Community College is an 11-18 Academy, proud of its traditional values and innovative approaches to Teaching and Learning and its standards of discipline and respect. The College serves the market town of Whittlesey, seven miles outside of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. The College is part of the Aspire Learning Trust working together with Park Lane and New Road Primary Schools, also in Whittlesey, to help every child achieve their full potential, to prepare them for their next educational steps, to teach them kindness and respect for all and to equip them to play a full satisfying role in society.

For more information or an informal discussion about the role, please contact Mrs F Light-Rudland, on 01733 703991 or via email at FLight-Rudland@aspirelearningtust.com

Application deadline is 9am Monday 23rd November 2026. (We reserve the right to bring forward the closing date if we consider that we have received an appropriate number of suitable candidates for the post).

Applicants are thanked for their interest in Sir Harry Smith Community College. Please note that only candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted after the closing date.

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 Sir Harry Smith Community College

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• Size: 1084 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Sir Harry Smith Community College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/sir-harry-smith-community-college

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