Reception Teaching Assistant

Cornerstone Academy Trust, Exeter, EX5 3JG

10 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  5 January 2026

• Closing date

  14 December 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  4 December 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: FTE starting at £23,557

Reception Teaching Assistant job summary

Are you ready to make a real difference in children’s lives? Join Cornerstone Academy Trust as a Reception Teaching Assistant and help shape confident, capable learners in a future-ready environment.

This is an exciting time to join Cornerstone Academy Trust, with schools located in Exeter, East Devon, and the coastal town of Barnstaple in North Devon. Our Trust is nationally and internationally recognised for outstanding and innovative education. We lead several Department for Education ‘centres of excellence’ and support schools across the country with professional development and school improvement strategies.

Your Role

• Support teachers in delivering a rich, project-based curriculum
• Assist with classroom setup, pupil records, and admin tasks
• Lead reading groups, PE sessions, and accompany school trips
• Mentor and tutor pupils to help them thrive academically and personally
• Embrace digital learning and help prepare pupils for the 21st-century world

What You'll Bring

• Experience working in Early Years
• A nurturing, tech-savvy, and proactive mindset
• A passion for education and a commitment to pupil success

Hours and Salary

• 8:30am – 3:30pm, five days per week, 40 weeks per year (Term time + 10 days)
• Actual salary starting from £18,096 (full time equivalent salary £23,557)

Benefits

• Generous pension scheme
• Health and cycle-to-work schemes
• Subsidised meals from in-house chefs
• State-of-the-art IT equipment
• Extensive training and development

Apply Today

Be bold. Be inspiring. Be part of something bigger

Closing Date: 14th December 2025

Interviews may be held as applications are received.

Please complete the online application form.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020).  This means that certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’ and do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.  Guidance about whether a conviction or caution should be disclosed can be found on the Ministry of Justice website: 

 An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check is required for all our posts. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Please note online searches may be done as part of pre-recruitment checks.

 We look forward to receiving your application and hopefully meeting you as part of the recruitment process.  

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 Cornerstone Academy Trust

• Type: Multi-academy trust
• Website: Cornerstone Academy Trust website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/cornerstone-academy-trust

A multi academy trust, based in Exeter, made up of seven primary schools.

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