Level 3 Teaching Assistant

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

21 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  5th January 2025

• Closing date

  13 November 2025 at 11am

• Date listed

  22 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,403.00 - £26,403.00 Annually (FTE)

Level 3 Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking for someone with recent, relevant experience who will bring enthusiasm and a commitment to children's learning to our happy and friendly school. The ideal candidate will have a range of experience in both Key Stage 1 and 2, including working with and supporting children with additional needs.   You will work 32 hours per week, 39 working weeks per annum, term-time only including training days.

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

You will assist the class teacher in the delivery of High Quality First Teaching, as well as supporting children one-to-one in the classroom and at unstructured times as needed.  

The ideal candidate will have:    

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

Commitment to equal opportunities; 

The ability to work effectively as part of a team but also be able to use your own initiative; 

Good organisational and time-management skills;  

Patience, a positive outlook and a great sense of humour; 

Excellent communication skills, including high levels of spoken and written Standard English.

Benefits include:

A caring, nurturing and welcoming ethos;

Enthusiastic and polite children;   

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

A friendly, experienced and professional team; 

Ongoing and individualised professional development;

A caring and supportive working environment. 

Our staff are dedicated, supportive and committed to providing creative opportunities for learning, as well as fun. We provide professional development opportunities to ensure that our staff are well trained and skilled to get the best from our pupils. Applicants must have GCSEs in Maths and English and high standards of literacy.

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 14 schools. As such, joining our MAT means joining an organisation with an array of developmental and career opportunities.

If you would like to discuss the role or visit the Academy before applying, we would be delighted to welcome you. To make an appointment please contact the school office on 01480 595885 or email office@Wintringham.cambs.sch.uk

Diamond Learning Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants are thanked for their interest in this post. Please note that only the candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

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.

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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 Wintringham Primary Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 300 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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