Deadline is today

  • Start date details

    As soon as possible

  • Closing date

    3 November 2025 at 12pm (midday)

  • Date listed

    13 October 2025

Job details

Job role

  • Teaching assistant

Visa sponsorship

Visas cannot be sponsored

Key stage

Key stage 3, Key stage 4

Working pattern

Part time: 30 hours a week, Monday to Friday

Contract type

Permanent

Actual salary

Actual Salary £16,805 - £17,069

What skills and experience we're looking for

Torpoint Community College are looking to appoint a highly motivated, enthusiastic Teaching Assistant. An applicant with experience of supporting students with Special Educational Needs, especially ASD or Speech and Language needs is desirable but not essential.

What the school offers its staff

You will be joining a friendly team of staff in a lovely location. You will be able to join the Local Government Pension Scheme, have access to free parking, and be able to participate in a range of staff wellbeing activities and events.

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Torpoint Community College

School type
Local authority maintained school, ages 11 to 18
Education phase
Secondary
School size
739 pupils enrolled
Age range
11 to 18
Ofsted report
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School website
Torpoint Community College website
Email address
jones.jo@torpoint.cornwall.sch.uk
Phone number
01752 812511
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teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/torpoint-community-college

Torpoint Community College (TCC) is situated in South-East Cornwall and is very much a part of the local community. Due to its proximity, it also enjoys close links with the urban area of Plymouth city. This results in a rich mix of urban and rural, village and city-based students and the College is very much an economic driver for the area.

The majority of students attending the College live in Torpoint or on the Rame Peninsula. It also has students from Plymouth who travel from Plymouth via the chain ferry over the River Tamar. The current number on roll is approximately 720, including 50 in the Sixth Form. The College’s Post 16 provision offers a small, but thriving, learning environment for its students with a wide range of A Level subjects on offer.

Arranging a visit to Torpoint Community College

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email jones.jo@torpoint.cornwall.sch.uk.

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