Teaching Assistant

Swavesey Primary School, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB24 4RN

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  ASAP

• Closing date

  17 October 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  3 October 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: £20,625.00 - £20,952.00 Annually (Actual) Salary is actual based on Level 2, point 5-6, 31.25 hours, term time only plus holiday entitlement

Teaching Assistant job summary

We are looking for someone who:

• Wishes to be part of our vision as a forward thinking school;
• Has the ability to inspire, maintain and further enhance our happy school;
• Is an outstanding practitioner who is passionate about education;
• Has a proven commitment in supporting individuals to reach their full potential;
• Is a team player with excellent interpersonal skills;
• Is a reflective practitioner;

In return, we can offer you:

• A welcoming school with a strong ethos;
• Hardworking, well behaved and inquisitive children who are eager to learn;
• A supportive team of inspirational teachers who have a dynamic approach to learning;
• Supportive parents and governors;
• A well resourced environment where every child does matter;
• The opportunity to work in a vibrant, professional learning community that seeks excellence;
• Excellent opportunities for career development and progression

We would love the opportunity to show you around our school and so please contact us to arrange.

Swavesey Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, two satisfactory references and a Disclosure of Criminal Record and Disqualification Declaration.

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

Swavesey Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment. Applicants will be subject to an enhanced DBS check, two satisfactory references and a Disclosure of Criminal Record and Disqualification Declaration.

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 Swavesey Primary School

• School type: Local authority maintained school, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 306 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Swavesey Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/swavesey-primary-school

Swavesey Primary School serves a rural catchment area, including the villages of Swavesey and Lolworth. We currently have 300 children working in 11 mixed age classes.

Our school provides a broad, challenging and practical curriculum within a warm, stimulating and imaginative environment to enable our children to enjoy their learning, as well as, develop the skills, attitudes and knowledge to become lifelong learners and achieve their full potential.

We work closely in partnership with our parents throughout the stages of our children’s school life and hope that parents enjoy feeling that they are an integral part of our school community.

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