Teaching Assistant
Helston Community College, Helston, Cornwall, TR13 8NR19 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
4 January 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
16 December 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Key stage 3
Working pattern
- Part time: 27.5 hours Monday to Friday Term Time plus 5 INSET days
Contract type
- Fixed term - Until August 2026
Actual salary
- £15,604.32
What skills and experience we're looking for
Helston Community College, part of Truro and Penwith Academy Trust, is excited to offer a rewarding opportunity for a passionate and dedicated individual to join our highly regarded Special Needs team as a Teaching Assistant.
We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, innovative, and committed to supporting children with special educational needs to thrive. If you are motivated by making a real difference in young lives and enjoy working in a collaborative, creative environment, we would love to hear from you.
What You’ll Do:
Provide tailored support to meet the individual learning needs of students;
Assist with the educational, social, and physical needs of assigned students;
Work collaboratively with teachers and support staff to enhance student progress;
Help create a positive, inclusive, and stimulating learning environment.
What We’re Looking for:
· A genuine passion for supporting children’s learning and development;
· Experience working with children, ideally in an educational or SEND setting;
· A flexible, proactive team player with excellent communication skills;
· Relevant qualifications or a willingness to undertake training.
Why Join Us?
· Be part of a supportive and forward-thinking SEND team;
· Access to ongoing professional development and training;
· Make a meaningful impact in a nurturing and inclusive school community;
· Work in a school that values creativity, innovation, and commitment.
If you are ready to inspire and support our students to achieve their full potential, we encourage you to apply.
What the school offers its staff
Working for TPAT and Benefits
‘The Trust that Schools want to join’ Ofsted - 2019
We are an inclusive and progressive Trust and believe that all children and young people should have the best possible life chances. If you share this belief, we would love you to work with us.
We care about our staff and value their skills, contribution and expertise. Our commitment to growing great people means that we support staff in their own professional growth and development and empower them through support and career opportunities. Whether you choose to work in one of our schools, or are based in our central team, you will thrive in a stimulating, friendly and diverse environment that nurtures talent and celebrates success.
If you choose to work for us, you will receive:
- A competitive salary
- National terms and conditions of employment and access to either Teachers Pension or Local Government Pension Schemes
- Cycle to work scheme
- Eye voucher scheme
- Access to CPD and career pathways to further develop your career
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) which provides employees with free confidential advice and support on a variety of personal, family or workplace issueshhtps://www.employeeassistance.org.uk/
Further information about the job
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 will not be accepted for this application.
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About Helston Community College
- School type
- Academy, ages 0 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1326 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- Not given
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Helston Community College website
- Email address
- recruitment@tpacademytrust.org
At Helston Community College, our students matter: each one an individual, valued and appreciated. We are ambitious for all of our students and are committed to providing a learning experience that consists of high challenge combined with appropriate support, and effective teaching in a safe and disciplined environment.
Our College is a place where doors of opportunity are opened for young people, and we encourage them to make the most of every opportunity that comes their way. We provide a diverse curriculum, allowing students to develop knowledge, skills and talents in a broad range of subject areas. We challenge students’ thinking and encourage them to learn from setbacks, so that they become resilient learners who can respond effectively to future challenges. We urge our students to believe in themselves, to take responsibility for their own learning and personal development, and to work hard so that they achieve their very best.
Arranging a visit to Helston Community College
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@tpacademytrust.org.
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