Teaching Assistant - Level 2

Offord Primary School, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 5SB

7 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  17 November 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  10 November 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full time equivalent salary: £26,427.00 - £26,847.00 Annually (FTE) NJC Scale Level 2, points 5-6 . Actual salary £10,320.60 per annum on point 5 (based on 15 hours per week).

Teaching Assistant - Level 2 job summary

TEACHING ASSISTANT - LEVEL 2

Salary: NJC Scale Level 2, points 5-6 (£26,427 to £26,847 per annum FTE). Actual salary £10,320.60 per annum on point 5 (based on 15 hours per week).

Contract: Permanent. Approximately 15 hours per week - Monday to Friday mornings or afternoons - this is negotiable. Term time plus 2 training days in September and October (38.4 weeks per year).

Start date: As soon as possible

Place of work: Offord Primary School, Offord Darcy, St Neots

Place of work:

Offord Primary School is seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant to join our dedicated team of hardworking staff to work in class and support children with SEND needs.

The successful candidates will need to:

Have experience of working with primary aged children

Be caring, enthusiastic, dedicated and well organised

Understand the needs of children who have a Special Educational Need

Have a flexible approach and a positive attitude

Be able to work well both in a team and with own initiative

Have a commitment to ensuring and supporting all opportunities for our children

Have a good sense of humour

GCSE Maths and English at grade C or above (or equivalent Maths and English qualifications)

We are committed to high quality professional training and supporting career development.

Offord Primary school is a small village school in the heart of the community. It currently educates over 80 pupils across 4 classes. It is a feeder and catchment school for Hinchingbrooke. It became part of The Cam Academy Trust in 2019 and is one of the academies within The West Village Partnership, a group of schools working more closely together to further enhance opportunity.

For further details on the school please visit our website Home - Offord Primary School

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 Offord Primary School

• Organisation type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• Size: 95 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: Offord Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/offord-primary-school

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