Teaching and sports assistant

Nene Valley Primary School, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE2 9RT

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  8 October 2025 at 12:59am

• Date listed

  23 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £12.85 - £13.26 Hourly Grade 4

Teaching and sports assistant job summary

We are excited to welcome a caring and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant to our friendly primary school team. This is a wonderful opportunity to play a key role in supporting children’s learning, confidence, and happiness every day.

In the classroom, you will work alongside teachers to support individuals and groups, helping children to enjoy lessons and achieve their very best. Your patience, encouragement, and creativity will make a big difference in developing their independence and love of learning.

Your role will also extend beyond the classroom. At lunchtime, you will help create a safe, happy, and inclusive environment where children can play, make friends, and enjoy their break. In our After School Club, you will support a variety of fun and engaging activities that nurture children’s social skills and well-being. If you have experience delivering sport in a primary school setting, that would be a great advantage, but it isn’t essential — we value enthusiasm and a willingness to get involved most of all.

We are looking for someone positive, flexible, and passionate about supporting children both in their learning and in their wider school life. If this sounds like you, we’d love you to join our team!

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

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as social media checks.

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 Nene Valley Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 319 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Nene Valley Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/nene-valley-primary-school-peterborough

Nene Valley is a calm and friendly place where you will always be made to feel welcome. We expect all children to work hard so that they make the most of the opportunities we provide for them. All staff genuinely care for each other and support each other in helping children to develop our core values.
Nene Valley is a medium sized (1.5-form entry) school, that expanded from 1 form entry due to high local demand. The school is consistently at capacity and always over-subscribed, with more than 100 applications for 45 places for entry in September 2022. Despite drops in applications throughout the
city, demand for Nene Valley remains high.
The school demography is not considered high need, with a low number of pupils eligible for pupil premium (8%), lower than average SEND (11%) and a small number of EHCPs (1%). The school does have a high number of children with English as an Additional Language (24%) and a large number of languages spoken (24) and 14 different ethnic groups. However, the majority of those native language speakers have a good and developing knowledge of English.

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