Teaching Assistants

Comberton Village College, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB23 7DU

6 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  23 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  9 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Subject: Special Education Needs (SEN)
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: Salary: Scale TA1b – Scale Range 3-4 FTE salary: £24,027 - £24,404 (52 weeks) Actual starting salary: £15,806.64 pa (based on 25.5 hours worked, 38 weeks per year and includes holiday pay) One position will be a maternity cover in the Sixth Form - 25 hours per week (08:50 to 14:50 Monday to Friday - actual starting salary £15,496.70

Teaching Assistants job summary

Comberton Village College

Teaching Assistants Required in our Cabin and Centre Provisions

Fixed term contract – One year

To start September 2025

Term time only

Salary: Scale TA1b – Scale Range 3-4

FTE salary: £24,027 - £24,404 (52 weeks)

Working hours: 08:50 - 14:50 (with an unpaid mid-morning and lunch break)

There is also some requirement to attend paid professional days and a paid training meeting after school once every fortnight

Actual starting salary: £15,806.64 pa (based on 25.5 hours worked, 38 weeks per year and includes holiday pay)

One position will be a maternity cover in the Sixth Form - 25 hours per week (08:50 to 14:50 Monday to Friday - actual starting salary £15,496.70

We are seeking skilled and enthusiastic individuals to join our hard-working team of professionals who dedicate themselves to enabling our students to cope in a mainstream setting and feel safe to prosper academically and socially both now and in the future.

The successful candidate will:

Have an approachable and patient nature;

be positive, proactive and professional;

have excellent interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence;

be able to liaise confidently with staff and students;

have a minimum of 5 GCSE grade 4/C including English and Maths;

be energetic and have an interest in working with SEN children / young pupils; and

for sixth form roles must have at least A levels or an equivalent level qualification.

The position could provide valuable experience for those wishing to enter the teaching profession. It would also be ideal for a school leaver before university or for a parent who is wishing to return to work.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Comberton Village College

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 1930 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Comberton Village College website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/comberton-village-college

Please note that listings under Comberton Village College may be for other schools within The Cam Academy Trust.

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