Description We have an exciting career opportunity to join our team at Parc Eglos Primary School as a Teaching Assistant. Contract type: Fixed Term Contract from 1/9/25 - Maternity Leave open ended Hours: 16.25hr per week Monday - Friday 08:45 - 12:00 3.25hrs per day Band 2 / FTE £24,790 / 38 working weeks Actual annual salary: £9,125 per annum Closing date: Thursday 3rd July 2025 @ Noon Proposed start date: 1st September 2025 Interviews: 11th July 2025 Parc Eglos is a community primary school located in the heart of Helston. At Parc Eglos, we are deeply committed to the belief that every child should feel safe, valued, and happy within the school environment. Our mission is driven by a strong determination to offer the best possible learning opportunities, recognizing that this approach fosters the holistic development of each child. We take pride in offering a broad curriculum, which includes utilizing our natural surroundings to enhance social skills, self-esteem, and self-efficacy. Our pupils benefit from the rich local environment, with opportunities to explore the beach, woods, and countryside as part of their learning experiences. To foster a deeper understanding of diversity and cultural awareness, we organize educational visits and invite a variety of guest speakers to the school. Our children are known for their kindness, thoughtfulness, focus, and respect for one another, and those in our community. Teachers within our trust work collaboratively both across ages and subjects within their own schools and across all Crofty Schools. We strongly believe in developing the potential of all staff and have a comprehensive professional development programme, for staff at all levels, which understands ours is an intellectual and practical profession that draws its energy from rich conversations. Our Trust is committed to working collaboratively providing ongoing CPD and career opportunities to enable you to make a difference to the benefit of pupils and the local community. Crofty Education Trust is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. There is an expectation of all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is subject to a successful Disclosure & Barring check and satisfactory references. As a part of our recruitment process, the Trust might carry out online searches on those that have been shortlisted for interview as part of our legal duty to meet the safeguarding duties set out in Keeping Children Safe in Education. These searches may include, but are not limited to search engines, news websites and social media pages, such as Facebook and LinkedIn. Any information discovered in the searches that the Trust deems relevant, and therefore processes and uses, will be stored in line with our Data Protection Policy and the UK General Data Protection Regulation. The online searches will be carried out by a member of staff who does not sit on a selection panel and only information relevant to the recruitment process will be passed to the panel. By applying for a vacancy within the Trust, you consent to online searches being carried out, and furthermore, understand that we have a legitimate interest in doing so. We may use any information uncovered to help identify incidents or issues that are available online and may discuss these with you at interview. If you have any concerns or questions in relation to the online searches, please contact human.resources@croftymat.org All completed application forms should be sent to human.resources@croftymat.org Please ensure you write clearly the Ref Number PAR0011 and complete the Equal Opportunities form. Apply here We are committed to safeguarding children and the successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and will be assessed against the Childcare Disqualification Regulations. This is not a Cornwall Council vacancy therefore please contact the organisation direct for further information. Organisation address: unit 1 &2 North Crofty, Tolvaddon Business Park, Camborne, TR14OHX Contact detail: Laura Finney Email: laura.finney@croftymat.org Website: www.croftymat.org