Level 3 Teaching Assistant (Mental and Physical Health Support)

Pilgrim Pathways School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB21 5EE

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  January 2026 or sooner

• Closing date

  1 December 2025 at 10:59pm

• Date listed

  18 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,403.00 Annually (FTE) 30hrs per week over 5 days, term time only.

Level 3 Teaching Assistant (Mental and Physical Health Support) job summary

Level 3 Teaching Assistant (Mental and Physical Health support)

30 hours per week, term time only

About Pilgrim Pathways School

Pilgrim Pathways School is an outstanding alternative provision for 4-18 year olds, operating across four centres on two hospital sites:

• Darwin Learning Centre - education for young people (13-17) in a Tier 4 adolescent psychiatric unit.
• Beacon Learning Centre - education for young people (12-18) in a specialist eating disorders unit.
• Addenbrooke’s Hospital Education Team - education for children and young people (4-18) with physical health conditions.
• Home Treatment Team - education for students unable to attend school in the community, referred via the Home Treatment Team.

The school is currently expanding, including developing provision for the New Children’s Hospital at Addenbrooke’s and strengthening our outreach service.

We are seeking someone who:

• Is ambitious about the progress young people can make and committed to high-quality teaching.
• Has a passion for education and reintegration into school or training.
• Understands the needs of young people with mental and physical health difficulties and SEND, with experience supporting them.
• Can contribute to EHCPs, safety plans, reintegration plans, and Assess-Plan-Do-Review cycles.
• Delivers evidence-based interventions and supports transitions back into education.
• Respects the holistic nature of education and nurtures individual talents.
• Is imaginative, innovative, and keen to create inspiring learning opportunities.
• Has excellent communication skills and the ability to engage and inspire.
• Understands mental health and associated behaviours.
• Maintains accurate electronic records in line with safeguarding, data protection, and school standards.
• Engages with outcome measures and contributes to school data systems.
• Is committed to professional development and keeping up to date with educational practice.

What We Offer

• A unique educational setting within hospital and community contexts.
• A supportive multi-disciplinary team of therapy staff, medical staff, and teachers.
• A strong commitment to CPD and professional growth.
• Collaborative planning with shared resources.
• A small, friendly team where you can make a real impact.
• Supportive leadership and management committee.
• Generous non-contact time to support work-life balance.
• Opportunities to work with high-achieving students in small groups.
• Enhanced DBS, cycle-to-work scheme, and ample on-site parking in a village location close to amenities.

For questions or to discuss the role, please visit www.pilgrim.cambs.sch.uk or contact Head Teacher Nadine Gooding-Hébert via head@pilgrim.cambs.sch.uk, cc office@pilgrim.cambs.sch.uk.

Pilgrim Pathways reserves the right to close the applications early in the event that a suitable candidate is sourced.

Pilgrim Pathways School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All successful candidates will be subject to DBS and other relevant employment checks. CVs will not be accepted.

Closing Date: 1st December 2025

Interviews: Week Commencing 1st December 2025

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 Pilgrim Pathways School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 5 to 18
• School size: 2 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Pilgrim Pathways School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/pilgrim-pathways-school

Pilgrim Pathways School is an OFSTED outstanding alternative provision, which encompasses 4 hospital schools. The Darwin Centre is an adolescent psychiatric unit for young people from the ages of 12 -18 years old with mental health difficulties. The Phoenix Centre is for young people from 12- 18 years old with eating disorders. The Croft Children and Families Centre is for children and their families with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, and the education team at Addenbrooke’s Hospital Education and Outreach Service work with children with physical health conditions.

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