5 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    September 2026

  • Closing date

    14 July 2026 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    9 July 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Full time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£26,403.00 - £28,142.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching and Learning Mentor Level 3 job summary

Riverside Meadows Academy - Wisbech Green Site

Job description -

Riverside Meadows Academy - Wisbech Green Site

Co-Head Teacher Karen Smith

Barton Road

Wisbech

PE13 4TG

Job Title: Teaching Assistant / Teaching and Learning Mentor (TLM)

Salary: TLM Level 3 point 7 to 11

Hours of work: 37 hours per week, term time + 2 weeks.

Required: September 2026

Permanent post x 2

Access to LGPS pension scheme

Access to employee assistance programme (Medigold)

The post is an exciting opportunity to work in a special school for Social, emotional and mental health needs (SEMH). Riverside Meadows creates a unique therapeutic environment supporting secondary aged pupils and operates on two sites at St Neots and Wisbech. Our Wisbech site has recently moved into this fabulous new school, feel free to come on down to take a look.

Riverside Meadows Academy are seeking a Teaching Assistant / Teaching and Learning Mentor for our special school for secondary pupils with social, emotional and mental health needs in Wisbech. You will assist pupils overtime to access curriculum activities, raise standards of attainment and learning to access wider options for their employability, support for literacy and communication skills including digital literacy, prepare for pupils for safe access to the wider community, to recognise the challenges and how to gain future support and services as adults.

If you have the drive and ambition to make a difference we would love to hear from you.

All appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check for children and adults.

CVs cannot be accepted, please apply using application form.

Application deadline: 14/07/2026

Interviews: TBC

Horizons Education Trust and Riverside Meadows Academy are committed to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of children and young people and expect staff to share this commitment.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent, Temporary contract, Fixed term contract

Benefits:

  • Company pension
  • Employee discount
  • Health & wellbeing programme

Schedule:

  • Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 14/07/2026 12noon

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

Horizons Education Trust and Riverside Meadows Academy are committed to the safeguarding and promotion of the welfare of children and young people and expect staff to share this commitment.

All appointments are subject to satisfactory references and enhanced DBS check for children and adults.

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.

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About Riverside Meadows Academy

Organisation type
Academy, ages 11 to 18
Size
120 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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SEMH School across 2 sites (St Neots & Wisbech)

School location

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