Level 2 Teaching Assistant

Cambridge Park Academy, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN34 5EB

38 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  18 July 2025

• Closing date

  29 August 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  18 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,027 Full-time equivalent, £18,132 Actual

Level 2 Teaching Assistant job summary

(SPECIALIST) LEVEL 2 TEACHING ASSISTANT
CAMBRIDGE PARK ACADEMY

Scale point:         3
Salary:                  £24,027 Full-time equivalent, £18,132 Actual salary, £12.46/hr
Hours of work:    32.5hrs/week, Mon 8.40am-4.30pm, Tues/Weds/Fri 8.40am-3.10pm, Thurs 8.40am-4.20pm 
Contract:              Permanent, Term-time + 5 training days
Start date:            September 2025 (or ASAP following pre-employment checks)

Cambridge Park Academy would like to offer a suitably qualified candidate the opportunity to join a team of Teaching Assistants who support children of an age range 3-19 with a range of learning needs.

We welcome people who are willing to learn, adapt to ever-changing circumstances and have a genuine interest in the needs of children. You would need to be prepared to work with children of all ages and disabilities.

Candidates with previous relevant experience and knowledge of learning disabilities would have an advantage.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Supervises and provides specialist support for individuals with SEN, disabilities, personal and health needs, EAL, etc. ensuring their safety and access to learning activities
• Support pupils in implementing their own personal care programmes, providing extra support for those unable to be independent with social, welfare, care and health matters, including toileting, dressing, feeding, mobility, use of personal/learning aides, etc
• Prepares, maintains and uses resources to meet the lesson plans/learning activity and assists learners in their use.
• Promotes good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with school procedures, encouraging learners to take responsibility for their own behaviour
• Develops displays within and outside the classroom

THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:

• Experience of working with children, young people and/or vulnerable adults in a learning environment who have multiple and complex Special Educational Needs
  
• Understanding of National Curriculum, EYFS Guidance and other codes of practice e.g. SEN, Equalities, Safeguarding
  
• Effective use of ICT to support teaching and learning
• Ability to interact well using courtesy, tact and diplomacy and negotiation skills
• Ability to establish professional, effective working relationships with a range of partners/colleagues and children and young people.

AS A MEMBER OF HUMBER EDUCATION TRUST, WE OFFER:

• Commitment to securing the very best provision and outcomes for all children.
• A Trust with expertise in every area of the curriculum, both in primary and special settings, through our Teaching & Learning Ambassador and peer networks.
• Outstanding individually tailored continual professional development for staff at all levels.
• Staff who feel valued and supported in their roles.
• A caring and safe environment where we recognise the diverse needs of our community, ensuring our young people from all backgrounds thrive.
• Ethical working with mutual respect and collaboration.

Visits to our school are welcome by appointment.

If you believe you are the right person for the job then we would love to hear from you.

HOW TO APPLY:

Please complete and submit our application form with an optional cover letter. Further details about the roles can be found in our attached applicant pack.

All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application. Early application is encouraged. We will review applications throughout the advertising period and therefore reserve the right to close the advert early should sufficient applications be received.

As part of Humber Education Trust's recruitment processes, in accordance with statutory KCSiE guidance, an online search will be carried out on all shortlisted candidates. Those shortlisted for interview will also be required to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record or information that would make them unsuitable to work with children.

Closing date for completed applications: 8am, Friday 5 September 2025

Interviews:                                                      w/c 8 September 2025

If you have any queries regarding the role or application process, please contact Sue Bates, PA to Headteacher, at Cambridge Park Academy.

CONDITIONAL OFFER:

Any offer of employment to this post will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure Barring Service, Children’s Barred List Check, Section 128 check where applicable, identity checks, medical clearance, proof of qualifications, satisfactory references and eligibility to work in the UK checks. Shortlisted candidates will be subject to an online search and required to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record.

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

Humber Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We particularly welcome applications from underrepresented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.

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 Cambridge Park Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 19
• School size: 217 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Cambridge Park Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cambridge-park-academy

Cambridge Park Academy is a 3-19 special school in Grimsby for pupils with ASD (Autistic Spectrum Disorder) and complex learning needs. The school has places for 220 students from the North East Lincolnshire and North Lincolnshire area and is Ofsted rated as ‘requires improvement’. The school places importance on preparing its students both academically and socially for life after school and provides a wide range of opportunities for young people to take part in sporting and cultural activities alongside their academic learning. The school became an academy in March 2013 and joined Humber Education Trust in April 2020.

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