Teaching Assistant

Bewick Bridge Community Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 9ND

18 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  23 February 2026

• Closing date

  26 January 2026 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  6 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: £24,790.00 Annually (FTE)

Teaching Assistant job summary

• Salary: Level 2 Scale 5

• Start date: As soon as possible 2026. Fixed term

• 18.75 hours over 5 days, term time plus 5 INSET days. Plus 2.5 hours Midday Supervisor hours.

Bewick Bridge Primary School is a friendly and welcoming community school in Cherry Hinton, a stone throw away from the city of Cambridge with excellent transportation links. We currently provide education for children aged 4 - 11 years. We also have a preschool that has pupils from the age of 2 years and 9 months.

Following a positive Ofsted inspection in December 2021, our school is embarking on a new and exciting phase of development. We are a forward thinking staff and encourage innovation and action research. We have a successful track record of staff development for both teaching and support staff. As a result, many of our staff have progressed in their careers, taking on additional roles within the school or gaining promotions elsewhere with the skills and experience developed from Bewick Bridge.

We wish to appoint a capable, enthusiastic and highly motivated teaching assistant to work as part of our amazing staff team. The position will be part of our support staff, starting as soon as possible.

Visits to the school are encouraged and can be arranged by contacting the headteacher, tsapsford@bewickbridge.co.uk.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has high expectations of all children;

• Has experience of working with children of primary school ages;

• Is observant and able to use their initiative;

• Has the vision, energy and enthusiasm to provide children with invaluable, first-hand learning experiences;

• Provides a nurturing, inclusive learning environment - supporting and embracing our school ethos;

• Has a passion to learn and develop their practice;

• Is positive, hard-working and ambitious.

In return we can offer you:

• A friendly, supportive and dedicated team;

• A well-resourced, new school build with great outdoor space;

• Happy, motivated and well-behaved children;

• An opportunity to have first hand experience if considering a future in teaching.

Application Deadline: 26th January 2026

Interview date: 29th January 2026

Bewick Bridge Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and wellbeing of all children and expects all volunteers and staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure and other online searches may be done as part of due diligence.

The successful applicant will also be required to complete a declaration form under the requirements of the Childcare (Disqualification) 2009 Regulations.

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 Bewick Bridge Community Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 218 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Bewick Bridge Community Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/bewick-bridge-community-primary-school

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