Teaching Assistant (Level 1) & Midday Supervisor

Hampton Gardens Secondary School, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, PE7 8HR

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2026

• Closing date

  24 June 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £17,943.00 - £18,514.00 Annually (Actual) Grade 4 (£24,795-£25,583 FTE) / Grade 5 (25,583-26,402) pay award pending

Teaching Assistant (Level 1) & Midday Supervisor job summary

Do you enjoy working with young people and want to make a positive impact on their school day? Join Hampton Gardens School as a Teaching Assistant (Level 1) and Midday Supervisor, supporting students both in the classroom and during lunchtime. This combined role offers the opportunity to contribute to students’ learning, wellbeing, and overall school experience throughout the day.

This is a fixed-term position until 31 August 2027 in the first instance.

As a Level 1 Teaching Assistant, you will support teachers to help students engage with their learning, including those with additional needs. You will play an important role in creating a positive and inclusive classroom environment and supporting behaviour for learning.

As a Midday Supervisor, you will help ensure a safe, orderly, and positive lunchtime experience, supporting students in social interactions and promoting respectful behaviour.

Your duties will include supporting individual students and small groups with learning activities, assisting students with SEND and/or additional needs, supporting literacy, numeracy, and classroom-based activities, and helping to maintain a positive, inclusive, and well-managed learning environment.

This role involves working closely with an experienced Inclusion Team, including the SENDCo and SEN Leadership Team, within a collaborative and supportive environment.

For this position, you will need experience working with young people, ideally within an educational setting. This role would suit someone looking to develop their skills and progress within a Teaching Assistant career pathway.

This is a rewarding opportunity for someone who is proactive, patient, and passionate about supporting young people.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK; this role is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Working Hours & Salary

Teaching Assistant (Grade 4 - £24,795 to £25,583)

• Hours: 8.30am - 3.10pm (25-minute unpaid lunch break)
• Full-time: 27.5 hours/week, term time plus 5 days
• Actual salary: £15,780 - £16,282 (based on 39 weeks)

Midday Supervisor (Grade 5 - £25,583 to £26,402)

• Hours: 1.25pm - 2.10pm
• Full-time: 3.75 hours/week, term time only
• Actual salary: £2,163 - £2,232 (based on 38 weeks)

Combined Total Actual Salary

• Full-time (5 days/week, 31.25 hours): £17,943 - £18,514

How to Apply

If having read the advertisement, job description and person specification, you are motivated to apply for this position please submit your application through MyNewTerm.

• Please complete all sections of the application form.
• Please note that CV’s will not be accepted.

Your personal statement should outline your previous experience and how this makes you a suitable candidate for the position for which you are applying.

If you have any questions, please contact the HR Team in the first instance via jobs@hamptonacademiestrust.org.uk

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified deadline if a suitable candidate is found.

Hampton Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service Check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

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

Hampton Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will require an enhanced disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service.

In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education, the school will consider carrying out an online search as part of the due diligence on shortlisted candidates.

Full details are contained with our Safeguarding & Child Protection Policy and Recruitment and Selection Policy, which are available via our website, or on request.

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 Hampton Gardens Secondary School

• School type: Free Schools, None, ages 11 to 19
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 1264 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Hampton Gardens Secondary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/hampton-gardens-secondary-school

Hampton Gardens is an 11-19 free school which opened in September 2017 to an initial intake of 180 Year 7 students. When full, the school will accommodate 1200 students in years 7-11 and 300 students in Sixth Form.

Hampton Gardens is part of the Hampton Academies Trust who also run the highly successful and popular Hampton College all-through school, Hampton Lakes Primary School and Dogsthorpe Infant School. HAT schools have very close links and some shared staff.

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