Teaching Assistant Bude ARB

Pencalenick School, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 1TE

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  27 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  10 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,923.00 Annually (FTE) £19,848.81 Actual. Term time, 32.5 hours per week.

Teaching Assistant Bude ARB job summary

Expectations

• Hold and articulate clear values and moral purpose, focused on supporting pupils.

• Demonstrate optimistic personal behaviour, positive relationships and attitudes towards pupils with profound, severe and complex learning needs, the workforce, and towards parents, governors and local community.

• Lead by example - with integrity, creativity, resilience, and clarity

• Sustain knowledge and understanding of education and school systems locally and pursue continuous professional development.

Main duties

• Assist children in developing knowledge, skills and attitudes as defined by the curriculum, taking into account the learning support involved to aid the children to learn effectively

• Establish supportive relationships with pupils, encouraging individual development, acceptance, social integration, and development of self-esteem

• Carry out administration in relation to pupil progress, monitoring health, behaviour and general wellbeing and feeding back or adapting as appropriate

• Effectively use IT systems as required by the school

• Work independently with groups of children on specific tasks, under the overall responsibility of the Teacher

• Contribute to meetings with parents (which may be held outside of school hours), providing constructive feedback on pupil progress, achievement and behaviour where relevant

• Maintain confidentiality in regards to sensitive issues linked to home/pupil/staff/school

• Administer minor first aid where training has been undertaken

• Administer medically prescribed drugs as per the approved procedure

• Assist with the safe physical and medical needs of pupils, including:

• personal hygiene/self-care, for example toileting or changing

• specialist care, for example one-to-one feeding where training has been undertaken

• mobility needs, for example use of wheelchairs or hoists where training has been undertaken

• Support in the management of pupils with challenging emotional and behavioural difficulties so as to prevent harm and disruption to the pupil or others

• Supervise pupils during break time, and plan and organise play time activities, where required

• Accompany children on educational visits as supervised by senior staff

• Contribute to class meetings, staff meetings and school-based INSET

• Carry out interventions as required

• Raise any concerns in accordance with the school’s safeguarding policies and procedures

• Assist with duties relating to pupil swimming and sports activities/events where relevant

• Deliver therapy to pupils such as physiotherapy or speech and language therapy as guided by professionals where training has been undertaken

• Input into planning of lesson content led by teaching staff where relevant

• Provide pastoral care to pupils where relevant

• Ensure all teaching aids are readily available by monitoring stock levels of materials, checking for missing/damaged equipment, arranging for new supplies to be ordered where relevant

• Assist in preparing, using and maintaining relevant teaching resources, including wall displays and ensuring classrooms are left clean and tidy

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

We are committed to safeguarding children and the successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Applicants should also be aware that an online search will be undertaken for all shortlisted candidates.

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 Pencalenick School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 16
• School size: 201 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Pencalenick School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/pencalenick-school

Pencalenick School is a vibrant and progressive SEN school based in Cornwall providing high quality education and support for pupils aged 11-16 with complex learning difficulties and disabilities. Pencalenick School also has the benefit of four outreach Area Resource Bases (ARBs) which are based within mainstream schools at Budehaven, Brannel, Falmouth and Mount Charles. Two of our ARBs offer primary provision and two offer secondary provision.

Pencalenick School and the ARBs are members of the Special Partnership Trust, an ambitious and inspiring collaboration of specialist provision in Cornwall, with a focus on excellence in learning for everyone.

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