Teaching Assistant Primary Support Base

Links Academy, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL4 0TZ

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September

• Closing date

  8 May 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  16 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: £25,583.00 - £25,989.00 Annually (FTE) pro rata term time plus 5 days 37 hours per week

Teaching Assistant Primary Support Base job summary

Teaching Assistant Based at our Woollam Crescent site in St Albans

Monday - 8.00 am - 4.15 pm

Tuesday and Wednesday - 8.00 am - 4.00 pm

Thursday - 8.00 am - 4.15 pm

Friday - 8.00 am - 3.00 pm

The Cedars is an innovative support centre providing young students an opportunity to re-engage themselves with learning. An opportunity for a Teaching Assistant is now available. The role is varied and will require flexibilty, patience and nurture.

The Cedars is a purpose built centre, opened in the summer of 2019, which lies at our Woollam Crescent, Links Academy site in St Albans. We provide 2 terms of education for young people aged 5-11 years old with SEMH needs, or who could be permanently excluded or at risk of permanent exclusion from their school. We offer a broad and balanced curriculum, within a supportive, nurturing environment. All students are known and valued as individuals and are helped to achieve their potential.

At The Cedars we aim to establish and maintain an environment where children feel secure, are encouraged to talk, and are heard when they have a worry or concern. Safeguarding is of paramount importance at The Cedars, and feeling safe and secure are the most important aspects of the centre. The Cedars ensures students know that there are adults in the school whom they can approach if they are worried.

The staff ratio at The Cedars is very high, allowing us to help all the students as much as they need, while always being mindful to develop their independence to allow a successful transition back to their mainstream school. You may be required to undertake lunch/break duties etc...

We reserve the right to appoint during the recruitment process.

The school is committed to safeguarding children and young people. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We will also require two appropriate references.

As a ‘School of Character’ and encourage Responsibility, Respect and Resilience. These are characteristics we expect of all our students and staff regardless of their role within the school.

As part of the recruitment process online checks will be carried out on shortlisted candidates.

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 Links Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• School size: 10 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Links Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/links-academy

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