Teaching Assistant

Ken Stimpson Academy, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE4 6JT

15 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  3 December 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  13 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £11,908.80 Annually (Actual) Grade 6 Point 7

Teaching Assistant job summary

Are you passionate about developing young people?

Can you inspire and motivate students?

Are you driven and committed to leading students towards success?

The Role

We are looking to appoint 2x part-time Teaching Assistants to support students with their special educational learning needs, remove barriers and provide supportive strategies that enable them to make progress.

These positions are 20 hours per week, over 3 days. We are flexible in the days to suit the successful candidates, however one of these days must be a Friday.

The working pattern is 8.30am-3.30pm on two of the days and 8.30am-4.00pm on the third.

You will be a role model, listener, facilitator for learning and a motivator. You may have previous experience as a teaching assistant, workshop leader or youth worker or may have a background in a youth sector. An academic specialism in English, Maths, or Science would be beneficial.

The team is well-established and highly supportive of one another. Led by the SENDCO and a member of the Senior Leadership Team, we work collaboratively, always putting the needs of our students at the forefront of what we do. We would love to show you round our academy.

Training will be provided along with an induction to support your transition into the role. Strong personal qualities such as confidence, integrity and presence are sought in addition to good functional ICT skills. Consistent and effective communication are required together with the ability to use your own initiative.

We offer:

A strong and ongoing CPD program

Support staff pension scheme

Use of the onsite gym

A Senior Team that are keen to drive school improvement and are open to innovation and creative thinking

A strong focus on staff wellbeing

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, Barred Check List and two successful references. Online searches are carried out on all shortlisted candidates.

If you would like to discuss this opportunity further, or arrange a tour of our campus, please contact Paul Swift (Deputy Headteacher) via email at p.swift@kenstimpson.org.uk.

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 Ken Stimpson Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1051 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Ken Stimpson Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/ken-stimpson-academy

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