Teaching Assistant and Lunchtime Supervisor
Cardinham School, Bodmin, Cornwall, PL30 4BN9 days remaining to apply
Job start date
1 September 2025
Closing date
30 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
19 June 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage
- Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
Working pattern
- Part time: Salary: TPAT Point 4 £12.26 ph (TA) and TPAT Point 1 £12.21 ph(LS) Hours: 8.50am - 12pm Teaching Assistant / 12pm - 1pm Lunchtime Supervisor
Contract type
- Fixed term - 1st Sept 2025 - 31st August 2026
Hourly rate
- TPAT Point 4 £12.26 ph (TA) and TPAT Point 1 £12.21 ph (LS)
What skills and experience we're looking for
About The Role:
Truro and Penwith Academy Trust, in partnership with the Local Governing Board of Cardinham School, is seeking to appoint a committed and enthusiasticTeaching Assistant and Lunchtime Supervisorto join our team.
Cardinham School is a small, welcoming primary school set in a beautiful rural location near Bodmin. Our strong sense of community, supportive staff, and kind pupils create a warm and inclusive environment where children are encouraged to achieve their best.
In this combined role, you will support classroom learning in the mornings, working alongside the class teacher to deliver lessons, assist individual pupils or groups, and help create an engaging and supportive learning environment. During the lunchtime period, you will supervise children, promote positive behaviour and play, and ensure a safe, calm, and happy atmosphere.
We are looking for someone who is:
- Patient, positive, and nurturing
- Able to follow guidance but also show initiative
- Committed to supporting children’s learning and wellbeing
- A good team player, willing to be flexible and proactive
This is a key role in helping our children thrive both in their learning and in their wider school life.
About You:
You are someone who enjoys working with children and takes pride in supporting their growth—both in the classroom and during less structured times like lunch and play. You’re dependable, warm, and approachable, with a calm presence and a clear understanding of the needs of primary-aged pupils.
In the classroom, you’re able to follow instructions from teaching staff while using your initiative to spot where help is needed. You’re comfortable assisting with learning activities, encouraging pupils to stay engaged and supporting those who may need a bit of extra help to succeed.
At lunchtime, you’ll be confident managing groups of children, encouraging positive interactions, and stepping in calmly and fairly when needed. You understand that unstructured times are as important as lessons for children’s social development.
We’re looking for someone who:
- Has a positive and supportive attitude
- Works well as part of a team and communicates effectively with adults and children
- Is proactive, patient, and able to adapt to the needs of the day
- Understands the importance of emotional wellbeing alongside academic progress
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/
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
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About Cardinham School
- School type
- Academy, ages 2 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary
- School size
- 91 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 2 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Cardinham School website
- Email address
- recruitment@tpacademytrust.org
At Cardinham Primary School, we encourage children to:
‘Grow your mind; aim high’
Set in the centre of Cornwall, our small school caters for the children of the village of Cardinham, outlying farms and hamlets and children from larger towns who can benefit from the friendly, caring, nurturing and family atmosphere of which we are proud.
We pride ourselves on our involvement in the community. The Parish Hall is used on a regular basis for our annual summer performance and Key Stage 1 nativity. The Church is used for Harvest festival and Christmas concerts.
The beautiful Cardinham Woods are within safe walking distance from our school and we aim to utilise the outdoors at every given opportunity.
Our behaviour management is based on emphasising the positive and drawing attention to what children are doing well, not on criticising their faults. We follow the message, ‘treat children as they might become, not as they are’.
Arranging a visit to Cardinham School
To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email recruitment@tpacademytrust.org.
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