Teaching Assistant Level 3

Murrow Primary Academy, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13 4HD

45 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  13th October 2025

• Closing date

  8 September 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  23 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,584.00 Annually (FTE) We reserve the right to interview and appoint prior to this date

Teaching Assistant Level 3 job summary

We are looking to appoint an inspirational, dedicated, enthusiastic and caring Teaching Assistant to join our team at Murrow Primary Academy.

We are looking for someone with recent, relevant experience who will bring enthusiasm and a commitment to children's learning to our happy and friendly school. The ideal candidate will have a range of recent, relevant experience of working across both KS1 and KS2. We are keen to find someone with experience of supporting children with additional needs, challenging behaviour and SEMH needs.

The right candidate will need to be adaptable, enthusiastic, highly motivated and have the ability to work effectively as part of a team. They must demonstrate full commitment to the school, its vision and its aim to raise standards.

You will assist the class teacher in the delivery of high Quality First Teaching, as well as supporting children one-to-one in the classroom and at unstructured times as needed. There will also be some time working with individuals and small groups that require a highly differentiated curriculum and therapeutic strategies to access learning. This will mean working closely with our SENDCO and Pastoral Lead to review and adapt provision as needed.

The ideal candidate will have:

• The ability to build good relationships with children, parents/carers and colleagues;
• Commitment to equal opportunities;
• The ability to work effectively as part of a team but also to use your own initiative;
• Good organisational and time-management skills;
• Patience, a positive outlook and a great sense of humour;
• Excellent communication skills, including high levels of spoken and written Standard English.

Benefits include:

• A caring, nurturing and welcoming ethos;
• Enthusiastic and polite children;
• Collaborative approach to working;
• Opportunities to train/work with other academies within the Diamond Learning Partnership Trust to share best practice and resources;
• A friendly, experienced and professional team;
• Strong and supportive relationships with the Cambridgeshire SEND team;
• A caring and supportive working environment.

Our staff are dedicated, supportive and committed to providing creative opportunities for learning as well as fun. We provide professional development opportunities to ensure that our staff are well-trained and skilled to get the best from our students. Applicants must have GCSE’s in Maths and English and high standards of literacy.

Murrow Primary Academy is part of the Diamond Learning Partnership Trust, a charitable multi-academy trust (MAT) specialising in the Primary and Secondary sector. We are building a thriving community of schools that succeed on behalf of their children.

Further benefits include;

• Collaborative approach to working;
• Opportunities to train/work with other schools within the Diamond Learning Partnership Trust to share best practice and resources;
• A friendly and professional team;
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Discounted Childcare Vouchers
• A caring and supportive working environment;

We warmly welcome you to visit the school before you apply. For information on who we are and what we do why not browse our website: https://www.murrowprimary.co.uk/ or contact the school office on 01945 700357 or email: office@murrow.cambs.sch.uk

Diamond Learning Partnership Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people and we expect all staff to share this commitment. Applicants are thanked for their interest in this post. Please note that only the candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted.

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 Murrow Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 106 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Murrow Primary Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/murrow-primary-academy-wisbech

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