Teaching Assistant Level 2

Spring Common Academy, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 1TQ

2 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  13 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  19 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,586.00 Annually (FTE) Level 2 - Point 5, Actual Salary: £21,320.03 - 32.50 hours per week, term time only + training days. Part time will be considered.

Teaching Assistant Level 2 job summary

We are looking to appoint enthusiastic and dedicated Teaching Assistants at Level 2 to support teaching with pupils who have a wide range of complex needs, including challenging behaviours and autism within our area special school. The successful candidate could be asked to work with any age group in the school.

Experience of working with children with SEN is desirable, but not essential.

Full training and support are given.

The post offers a good opportunity to work with supportive and friendly teams.

All appointments are subject to satisfactory references, health and DBS check. The school has an Induction Programme and an ongoing commitment of staff professional development.

Potential candidates would be encouraged to look at the school website for further information.

Previous applicants need not apply.

Applications will be reviewed and interviews scheduled on a rolling basis; therefore, we recommend that you apply sooner rather than later. We reserve the right to close this advert if we receive sufficient applications ahead of the deadline.

Spring Common Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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

As a Trust we are committed to ensuring the welfare and safeguarding of all pupils. All staff will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

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 Spring Common Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 19
• School size: 202 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 19
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Spring Common Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/spring-common-academy

Spring Common Academy is an area special school for 209 pupils in Huntingdon. Most pupils have severe learning difficulties and related needs some have autism and some have profound and complex medical needs. The school is part of Horizons Education Trust which includes Riverside Meadows SEMH school sites at St Neots and Wisbech and there is a new area special school for the Trust at Alconbury Weald (Prestley Wood Academy) opening September 2024.

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