Teaching Assistant

Northborough Primary School, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE6 9BN

12 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  23 February 2026

• Closing date

  10 February 2026 at 5pm

• Date listed

  28 January 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £26,403.00 - £28,598.00 Annually (FTE) Pro rata based on 15 hours per week (Fixed Term until 31/08/2026)

Teaching Assistant job summary

Working hours - 15 hours per week: 9 - 12.15pm, Monday to Friday

Northborough Primary School is a caring and welcoming village school, set at the heart of a supportive community. We are a dedicated team with hardworking and enthusiastic children.

We are part of the Soke Education Trust - a Multi Academy Trust (MAT) which includes Alderman Jacobs Primary School, Wittering Primary School, John Clare Primary School, Gunthorpe Primary School and Werrington Primary School. We are looking to appoint a positive and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant on a fixed term maternity cover basis, who will join our supportive and friendly school.

What are we looking for?

Someone who has:

• Excellent classroom practice and high expectations
• The skills, potential and ambition to be an outstanding practitioner
• A passion to make a positive difference to our children and their families
• The ability to work as part of a team to motivate and inspire
• A child centred approach
• A positive attitude to challenge
• An approachable manner and a sense of humour!

We can offer you:

• Friendly, hard-working and well-behaved young learners
• A caring and supportive whole school team
• A genuine commitment to your professional development
• A well-resourced and caring learning environment
• Career development and support through the SOKE Education Trust
• Strong focus on pupil and staff wellbeing
• An idyllic location with an orchard which supports outdoor learning experiences

Visits to the school are warmly welcomed and if you wish to visit please contact the School Office.

We are open to consider a variation on the working hours advertised, therefore if you wish us to consider an alternative, please reference this within your application.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and requires all staff to share this commitment. A satisfactory DBS and employment checks will be required as part of this recruitment.

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 Northborough Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 189 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Northborough Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/northborough-primary-school

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