Teaching Assistant

The Pilgrim School, Boston, PE20 3RQ

61 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  13 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  14 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: £8.00 Hourly

Teaching Assistant job summary

The Pilgrim School has an established and highly effective team of permanent members of staff. The successful candidate will be supported and provided with a range of CPD opportunities.

The Pilgrim School provides lessons in both pupils’ homes and three main bases (Lincoln, Boston & Horncastle) throughout Lincolnshire. Pupils who receive education support are diagnosed as medically unfit to return to school or have social/communication or mental health difficulties which make school attendance difficult.

The role involves supporting young people to access the classroom, provide suitable interventions, arrange displays, coordinate charity events and work closely with the teaching staff.

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 The Pilgrim School

• Organisation type: Special school, ages 4 to 16
• Size: 7 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Pilgrim School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-pilgrim-school

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