23 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    30 June 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    5 June 2025

Important

This teaching role is at more than one school in the trust. You can find out more in schools overview.

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

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Key stage

Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2

Working pattern

Full time: Hours: 8:30am–5:00pm, Monday to Friday

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

26,100

What skills and experience we're looking for

Your Role

  • Mentor and tutor children across the curriculum and in pastoral care.
  • Manage and maintain a well-stocked, welcoming library space.
  • Assist in the delivery of the targeted teaching of reading through appropriate phonics programmes
  • Support pupils in choosing and tracking their reading.
  • Organise author visits and reading events.
  • Collaborate with staff to promote high-quality texts and reading culture.

What You'll Bring

  • A deep love of children’s literature and reading.
  • Strong IT skills (Microsoft 365, library systems).
  • A warm, professional presence and a passion for helping children succeed.

What the school offers its staff

What We Offer

  • Salary: From £22,500 (actual, based on 40 weeks)
  • (FTE: £26,100 for all-year-round equivalent
  • Hours: 8:30am–5:00pm, Monday to Friday

Perks

  • Heavily discounted childcare
  • Health and cycle-to-work schemes
  • Generous pension scheme
  • Subsidised meals and from our in-house chefs
  • Free tea and coffee
  • Commitment to ongoing professional development
  • State-of-the-art IT equipment

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.
How to apply
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About Cornerstone Academy Trust

Type
Multi-academy trust
Phone number
01392304040

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

School Details

School type
Academy, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
Up to 405 pupils
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
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School type
Academy, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
512 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
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School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
Up to 315 pupils
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
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School type
Academy, ages 3 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
Up to 420 pupils
Age range
3 to 11
Ofsted report
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School type
Free School, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
359 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
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School type
Free School, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
536 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report

Arranging a visit to Cornerstone Academy Trust

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email vacancy@tcat.education.

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