Teaching Assistant

Fulbridge Academy, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE1 3JQ

7 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  12 October 2025

• Closing date

  12 September 2025 at 11am

• Date listed

  5 September 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £19,963.00 - £21,622.00 Annually (Actual)

Teaching Assistant job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Fulbridge Academy for a Teaching Assistant to join our team.

At Fulbridge our overriding aim is to ensure that we improve the lives of the children by enabling them to enjoy learning and fulfil their potential by developing the resilience, curiosity, knowledge and skills required to be successful.

There is a moral purpose and underlying rationale to all we do:

We ensure the curriculum is fit for purpose

Our pedagogy gives children the best chances to succeed

Staff have an excellent work life balance

Our broad curriculum teaches academic and vocational subjects, promoting social and emotional development alongside reading, oracy, writing and maths. Our Physical Education, Performing Arts, Art, and Forest School staff are specialists in their subjects.

We are privileged to work with dedicated and enthusiastic staff, from teaching staff to support staff, who do their best every day to offer the highest level of education and support to the children in our care.

Grade 6 - Point 7-12

32.5hrs per week

190 days (Term time)

Monday to Friday

Fixed term contract until 31st August 2026

Desired Personal Qualities & Skills -

We are looking for someone who will be responsible for providing the young children in our care with a safe, engaging and rewarding environment in which they can develop and grow.

We are looking for a candidate who is:

• Dedicated

• Sense of Humour

• Flexible

• Patient

• Creative

• Good communication Skills

Vacancy Description -

You will be working alongside the class teacher to deliver the following roles and responsibilities:

• Organise indoor and outdoor learning linked to local and national learning strategies

• Undertake assessments and observations of children within your classroom, providing detailed and regular feedback on achievements, progress, problems, etc.

• Adapt and deliver learning activities with individual children, or small groups, who would benefit from different learning approaches (as agreed).

• Encourage and promote inclusion and acceptance.

• Prioritise safeguarding and wellbeing of the children at all times.

• Develop and maintain effective relationships with other staff, parents, and carers.

• Attend relevant meetings as required.

To achieve our dream, we need staff who have a passion for education and the need to make a difference.

Tours of the school are highly recommended, please contact Jo Adcock at jo.adcock@fulbridgeacademy.co.uk or on 01733 566990 to arrange a visit.

We reserve the right to close the job advert early should we receive a high number of applications.

The Trust reserves the right to interview and appoint a suitable candidate before the closing date.

The Four Cs MAT is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments involve regulated activity and are subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure and two successful references. Online searches are carried out on all shortlisted candidates.

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 and promoting the welfare of children and young
people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Online searches are carried out on 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 Fulbridge Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 926 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Fulbridge Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/fulbridge-academy

At Fulbridge our overriding aim is to ensure that we improve the lives of the children by enabling them to enjoy learning and fulfil their potential by developing the resilience, curiosity, knowledge and skills required to be successful.
There is a moral purpose and underlying rationale to all we do:
● We ensure the curriculum is fit for purpose
● Our pedagogy gives children the best chances to succeed
● Staff have an excellent work life balance

At Fulbridge Academy we have designed an innovative, knowledge-rich curriculum that will prepare children for their future. It is informed by research and shaped to meet the needs of our local community. Our curriculum enables each child to develop an active mind, identity, heart and voice. The knowledge and skills of the curriculum are thoughtfully sequenced so that children remember what they learn and understand the key concepts of each subject.

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