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  • Start date details

    September 2026

  • Closing date

    13 July 2026 at 9am

  • Date listed

    8 July 2026

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Working pattern

Part time

Contract type

Permanent

Full-time equivalent salary

£24,796.00 - £25,185.00 Annually (FTE) NJC Scale Level 1b TA, Points 3 to 4. Actual salary £19,367.29 per annum.

Teaching Assistant - Level 1 job summary

TEACHING ASSISTANT - LEVEL 1

Salary: NJC Scale Level 1b TA, Points 3 to 4 (£24,796 to £25,185 per annum FTE). Actual salary £19,367.29 per annum.

Contract: Permanent. 30 hours per week - Monday to Friday 08.15 to 15.00. Term Time plus 2 training days in September and October (38.4 weeks per year)

Start date: September 2026

Place of work: Melbourn Village College, Melbourn, Cambridgeshire

Place of work:

We are seeking a talented, committed and ambitious Teaching Assistant to join our excellent staff. 

Our Inclusion Team supports students with a range of Special Educational Needs and Disabilities and behavioural needs and implements a variety of different support methods and programmes. Teaching Assistants are deployed in line with the needs of our children across our SEND provisions and in classrooms.

The role will involve supporting children within classroom settings and our inclusion provisions, sometimes working with students on a 1:1 basis or in small groups.

If you share our values of Kindness, curiosity and resilience and are excited by the opportunity to contribute to a growing pastoral provision and make a meaningful difference to the lives of young people, we would be delighted to hear from you.

For further details on our school please visit our website Melbourn Village College

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.

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About Melbourn Village College

Organisation type
Academy, ages 11 to 16
Education phase
Secondary school
Size
559 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 16
Ofsted report
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Melbourn Village College is a successful 11-16 school with a strong community feel. At just over 600 pupils, our size enables all to flourish within a supportive environment, where each feels valued and empowered. Pupils are encouraged to continue their learning outside the classroom and a very high proportion get involved in the wide range of extra-curricular activities available to them. Our most recent OFSTED Inspection in September 2017 confirmed that we are a ‘good’ school which “has continued to improve the quality of education in the school” since our previous ‘Good’ judgement in May 2013. We are committed to improving what we do and aim to be outstanding

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