Teaching Assistant (Secomdary) - Fixed Term Contract

Matford Brook Academy, Exeter, Devon, EX2 0BZ

27 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  26 April 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  30 March 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
  • Learning support or cover supervisor
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time: 33 hours per week term time 39 weeks per year
• Contract type: Fixed term - August 2027
• Pay scale: Grade C
• Hourly rate: £13.26 - £13.69

What skills and experience we're looking for

We ' re looking for a committed, enthusiastic Secondary Teaching Assistant to join our team. This role will initially be on a fixed term bases until August 2027. You will be enabling our most vulnerable pupils to access their learning through a partnership between our Internal Alternative Provision ‘‘The Arc ’ and lessons. You will predominantly be based in the classroom. The role will be based in our secondary phase, with the potential, in the future, to work across all year groups as the academy continues to grow

What the school offers its staff

At Matford Brook Academy, we are a small but growing all through school. This is an exciting opportunity to do things differently and to build a supportive, ambitious learning community

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

The Ted Wragg Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check will also be completed.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Teacher Assistant (C) FTC (2).pdf - 4.55 MB (opens in new tab)

About Matford Brook Academy

• School type: Free School, ages 2 to 16
• Education phase: All through school
• School size: 163 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Matford Brook Academy website
• Email address: hr@matfordbrook.academy
• Phone number: 01392 717141
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/matford-brook-academy

Welcome to Matford Brook Academy, a new all-through school within the Haldon Reach development on the outskirts of Exeter. Our school opened to our first cohort of Year 7 pupils in September 2023. We look forward to welcoming a new Year 7 cohort in September 2024, as well as opening to our first Reception pupils and our dedicated Nursery and Preschool.

Our mission at Matford Brook Academy is to provide an excellent, all-through education that empowers children to believe they can, and should, change the world around them.

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