Teaching Assistant

Pondhu Primary School, St. Austell, Cornwall, PL25 5DS

26 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  October 2025

• Closing date

  21 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  25 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £24,310.00 Annually (FTE) Salary pro-rata for 12 hours per week

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are seeking a teaching assistant for 2 days a week. (Initially Wednesdays and Thursdays). Fixed term until 31st August 2026.

Need TAs to support with

Support the teacher in delivering the curriculum.

Support the children in achieving and progressing towards their individual plans and targets.

Demonstrate an adaptable approach to supporting learning.

Provide break supervision.

Undertake 1:1 and group work.

Be confident to administer medication where appropriate.

Assist in the preparation of teaching resources.

Support with intimate care.

Be able to communicate effectively with children and parents

Cornwall Education Learning Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is also committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to the satisfactory completion of safer recruitment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check.

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 Pondhu Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 161 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Pondhu Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/pondhu-primary-school-st-austell

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