Teaching Assistant (Level 1) - Northstowe Secondary College

Northstowe Learning Community, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 1DJ

65 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  Autumn Term 2025

• Closing date

  22 September 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  18 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subjects: Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £18,182.00 - £18,760.00 Annually (Actual) Meridian Trust Support Staff Pay Tables, Grade 4

Teaching Assistant (Level 1) - Northstowe Secondary College job summary

Salary: Meridian Trust Support Staff pay tables, Grade 4, Points 3-5(£24,027 – £24,790 FTE)

Hours of work: 32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year

We have an exciting opportunity for a kind, curious and hardworking individual to join our team of Teaching Assistants working within the Northstowe Education Support Team (NEST), supporting students with additional needs both in and out of the classroom. The role will involve supporting our students across the secondary college and possibly within the Sixth Form.

Northstowe Secondary College was built in 2019 and is the cornerstone of the Northstowe Learning Community, an all-through school from 2024, catering for students aged 4-19. We are also lucky enough to have the Martin Bacon Academy, an area Special School, on our campus that also caters for children aged 4-19. Northstowe Secondary College opened to just 71 students but is now over-subscribed with students in Years 7-11. In September 2024, Northstowe Primary School opened with its first intake of Reception aged children and our Sixth Form Provision welcomed its first young adults into Year 12. The secondary school has grown year on year, and it will continue to grow until it reaches its full capacity of 1,800 places for students aged 11-16, with a further 400 places available for sixth form students.

You will be part of an experienced and growing team of teaching and support staff working to create an inclusive, innovative and aspirational learning environment for the young people and families within the community we serve.

The Opportunity

A great opportunity to work with a strong, and enthusiastic team

To make a real difference to the positive experience and educational outcomes of students

To work closely with teaching staff, ensuring effective support of the curriculum

The ideal candidate will

Have a good educational background with evidence of CPD

Be confident working with students across the age and ability range

Have experience working in a similar role or within an educational setting

Possess outstanding communication skills and personal integrity

Will demonstrate our core values of kind, curious and hard working

Be professional when working with students and staff.

Have a thorough understanding of child protection and safeguarding matters.

Benefits of working for us:

As a multi-academy trust of over 30 schools, Meridian Trust can provide a wide network of opportunities for collaboration and career development for both teaching and support staff. With an initial teaching training facility and a teaching hub network within our Trust, there are ample opportunities to both, get into teaching, and develop within the profession.

Meridian Trust offers a wealth of fantastic benefits for teaching and support staff which are highlighted below but are not limited to -

Support for mental health and wellbeing through our Employee Assistance Programme and other resources

Cycle to work scheme

Defined benefit local government or Teacher’s pension scheme

Healthcare benefits including free eye test vouchers and flu vaccinations

Free on-site parking

Discounts on a wide range of benefits from everyday essentials to holidays To explore our full range of benefits, please visit https://www.meridiantrust.co.uk/jobs-and-training/benefits/.

Meridian Trust is a successful multi-academy trust founded on its commitment to people and communities.

Our proven approach over more than a decade has elevated us to a respected and admired academy trust, a national leader in education and a source of great pride to the communities we serve. The Trust currently operates 30 schools across Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire and has forged strong links within all these communities. We are committed to high quality professional development and career opportunities for all staff. To find out more about the Trust, please visit: www.meridiantrust.co.uk

How to apply:

For more information about the role please download the Applicant Information Pack below.

Applications must be submitted via My New Term. In line with safer recruitment practices, we are unable to accept CVs. If you have any questions about the application process or you would like to arrange a visit to the school, please contact Sarah Wakerley, HR Officer on recruitment@northstowe.education

Please note the school is closed for the summer break from Friday, 18th July (2pm) until Wednesday, 3rd September 2025. If you would like to arrange a visit to the school please contact recruitment@northstowe.education and we will arrange a visit between 8th – 19th September.

Closing date for applications is: Monday, 22nd September 2025 (by 8am).

Interviews to take place during the week commencing 29th September 2025. However, we reserve the right to shortlist as applications are received and interview earlier if necessary.

The Trust is committed to diversity and inclusion and equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief and marriage and civil partnerships.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All appointments will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an enhanced check with the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS), as well as online searches.

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 Northstowe Learning Community

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 19
• Education phase: Through
• School size: 772 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Northstowe Learning Community website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/northstowe-secondary-college

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