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  • Job start date

    1 September 2025

  • Closing date

    19 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    3 June 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: 25 hours Teaching Assistant 5 hours Lunchtime Supervisor (sports)

Contract type

Fixed term - 18 months

Pay scale

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What skills and experience we're looking for

King’s Cliffe Endowed Primary School is looking to appoint through the Level 3 or 4 Sports Apprenticeship programme an enthusiastic and passionate Teaching Assistant (25 hours) and Lunchtime Supervisor (5 hours). This will initially be for a fixed term for the duration of the training and then reviewed for a permanent position. We are located 15 minutes from Corby, 15 minutes from Stamford, 20 minutes from Peterborough and 30 minutes from Kettering.

You will be joining our friendly and supportive team, where we strive to ensure all our children ‘grow a love for learning’ and experience success daily. We would be delighted to receive applications from experienced and inexperienced candidates, as well as candidates who aspire to gain their teacher qualification in the future.

We are looking for someone who:

  • Has at least GCSE (C/4 or above) Maths and English
  • Will promote good sportsmanship through strong role-modelling
  • Has high expectations of themselves and others
  • Is organised, enthusiastic and has a strong sense of responsibility
  • Is a team player – working in partnership with staff, children, parents and governors
  • Is pro-active in promoting positive play at lunchtimes

What the school offers its staff

We can offer the successful candidate:

  • A dedicated, friendly team of staff, parents and governors
  • Wonderful children who love to learn and have good attitudes to learning
  • An ambitious curriculum that promotes outdoor learning
  • A programme of continuous professional development that considers your area of interest and expertise
  • Support and encouragement
  • A culture of achievement and success for all

Visits to the school are strongly recommended and we are happy to e-mail an application form on request, or this can be downloaded from our website, along with a job description, Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy and practices and the Safer Recruitment and DBS Check Policy. https://www.kingscliffeschool.co.uk/news/?pid=328&nid=12

King’s Cliffe Endowed Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and medical clearance is required, and references will be taken up for short listed candidates prior to interview. In addition, applicants will be subject to a social media search of information in the public domain pertaining to the individual. In the event of information being found that, in the opinion of the Chair of Governors is inappropriate, the application will be declined.

The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975, 2013 and 2020.

It is an offence to apply for the role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

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

King’s Cliffe Endowed School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An enhanced DBS check and medical clearance is required, and references will be taken up for short listed candidates prior to interview. Candidates will be subject to a social media search of information in the public domain pertaining to the individual. In the event of information being found that, in the opinion of the Chair of Governors is considered to be inappropriate, the application will be declined.

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Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

About Kings Cliffe Endowed Primary School

School type
Local authority maintained school, Christian, ages 2 to 11
Education phase
Primary school
School size
220 pupils enrolled
Age range
2 to 11
Ofsted report
View Ofsted report
Phone number
01780 470259

We are a modern village primary school, with state of the art facilities and a newly built, modern school building in the heart of King’s Cliffe. We have a history of outstanding results and sit within the top 20% of schools nationally.

Arranging a visit to Kings Cliffe Endowed Primary School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email head@kingscliffe.northants-ecl.gov.uk.

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