Teaching Assistant Mount Charles ARB
Pencalenick School, Truro, Cornwall, TR1 1TE22 days remaining to apply
Start date details
Summer term 2026
Closing date
27 March 2026 at 11:59pm
Date listed
5 March 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £25,923.00 Annually (FTE) £19,848.59 Actual salary (Term time only)
Teaching Assistant Mount Charles ARB job summary
About us:
We are a specialist educational trust on a journey to raise the bar and set new standards for Special Educational Needs (SEN) throughout the South West.
The Role:
Hold and articulate clear values and moral purpose, focused on supporting pupils.
Demonstrate optimistic personal behaviour, positive relationships and attitudes towards pupils with profound, severe and complex learning needs, the workforce, and towards parents, governors and local community.
Lead by example - with integrity, creativity, resilience, and clarity
Sustain knowledge and understanding of education and school systems locally and pursue continuous professional development.
To support the educational, social and physical needs of pupils including those with severe physical, learning and complex behavioural difficulties, supporting the curriculum and school through the provision of assistance to the Teacher.
Key Responsibilities:
Expectations
Hold and articulate clear values and moral purpose, focused on supporting pupils.
Demonstrate optimistic personal behaviour, positive relationships and attitudes towards pupils with profound, severe and complex learning needs, the workforce, and towards parents, governors and local community.
Lead by example - with integrity, creativity, resilience, and clarity
Sustain knowledge and understanding of education and school systems locally and pursue continuous professional development.
Main duties
Assist children in developing knowledge, skills and attitudes as defined by the curriculum, taking into account the learning support involved to aid the children to learn effectively
Establish supportive relationships with pupils, encouraging individual development, acceptance, social integration, and development of self-esteem
Carry out administration in relation to pupil progress, monitoring health, behaviour and general wellbeing and feeding back or adapting as appropriate
Effectively use IT systems as required by the school
Work independently with groups of children on specific tasks, under the overall responsibility of the Teacher
Contribute to meetings with parents (which may be held outside of school hours), providing constructive feedback on pupil progress, achievement and behaviour where relevant
Maintain confidentiality in regards to sensitive issues linked to home/pupil/staff/school
Administer minor first aid where training has been undertaken
Administer medically prescribed drugs as per the approved procedure
Assist with the safe physical and medical needs of pupils, including:
personal hygiene/self-care, for example toileting or changing
specialist care, for example one-to-one feeding where training has been undertaken
mobility needs, for example use of wheelchairs or hoists where training has been undertaken
Support in the management of pupils with challenging emotional and behavioural difficulties so as to prevent harm and disruption to the pupil or others
Supervise pupils during break time, and plan and organise play time activities, where required
Accompany children on educational visits as supervised by senior staff
Contribute to class meetings, staff meetings and school-based INSET
Carry out interventions as required
Raise any concerns in accordance with the school’s safeguarding policies and procedures
Assist with duties relating to pupil swimming and sports activities/events where relevant
Deliver therapy to pupils such as physiotherapy or speech and language therapy as guided by professionals where training has been undertaken
Input into planning of lesson content led by teaching staff where relevant
Provide pastoral care to pupils where relevant
Ensure all teaching aids are readily available by monitoring stock levels of materials, checking for missing/damaged equipment, arranging for new supplies to be ordered where relevant
Assist in preparing, using and maintaining relevant teaching resources, including wall displays and ensuring classrooms are left clean and tidy
Our Total Reward Offer:
The Special Partnership Trust recognises the importance of developing a properly implemented People Strategy to underpin the overall strategic aims of the Trust.
Our People Strategy is designed to help us attract prospective high calibre candidates, as well as drive engagement, productivity and retention of our high performing and high potential employees. It reflects our belief in putting our people first. This does not mean putting our learners second. It is based on the philosophy that if we create a positive and rewarding work environment, if our staff feel motivated, well managed and well supported, they in turn will provide the best possible outcome for our learners.
We recognise that our total reward offer, has got to consist of more than just money. We seek to provide our staff with a diverse range of benefits that support their day to day needs both at work and outside of work. These include generous leave entitlements and pension scheme as well as access to health/wellbeing tools, training & development, career pathways and opportunities to ensure they feel valued.
Please visit the Special Partnership website, www.specialpartnership.org for further information about our Trust, or to learn more about our People Strategy and Benefits click here.
If you need the application form or any part of the recruitment process in a different format, please contact us directly at liwills@pencalenick.org and we will make the necessary adjustments.
Are you ready to make a lasting impact? Join us today.
Safeguarding:
The Special Partnership 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 offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of checks and references, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. In accordance with guidance in Keeping Children Safe in Education; the Trust will undertake an online search of all shortlisted candidates.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding children and the successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Applicants should also be aware that an online search will be undertaken for all shortlisted candidates.
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Pencalenick School
- School type
- Academy, ages 3 to 16
- School size
- 201 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 3 to 16
- Ofsted report
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- School website
- Pencalenick School website
Pencalenick School is a vibrant and progressive SEN school based in Cornwall providing high quality education and support for pupils aged 11-16 with complex learning difficulties and disabilities. Pencalenick School also has the benefit of four outreach Area Resource Bases (ARBs) which are based within mainstream schools at Budehaven, Brannel, Falmouth and Mount Charles. Two of our ARBs offer primary provision and two offer secondary provision.
Pencalenick School and the ARBs are members of the Special Partnership Trust, an ambitious and inspiring collaboration of specialist provision in Cornwall, with a focus on excellence in learning for everyone.
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