Enthusiastic teaching assistant required to join our creative and caring school. We are looking for an experienced candidate to work in our school to support existing children. The role will involve mostly working in the Year 5 class with some one to one work with an identified child on 3 afternoons. The ideal candidate will have: • High expectations of themselves and the children • The ability to communicate effectively with others • A desire to be patient, positive and kind to children • An ability to show initiative and be self-directed as necessary • The ability to promote positive relationships with parents • A sense of humour For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Mr Andrew Hastings, Headteacher, email: office@colville.cambs'sch'uk. To download application pack please go to https://www.colvilleschool.co.uk/vacancies/ Interviews will be held on 29.09.25. Our benefits. What will you be doing? Support classroom teachers across the school to facilitate the active participation of children in the academic and social activities of the school. Contribute to raising standards of achievement for all pupils. About you Enthusiastic teaching assistant required to join our creative and caring school. We are looking for an experienced candidate to work in our school to support existing children. The role will involve mostly working in the Year 5 class with some one to one work with an identified child on 3 afternoons. About us Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes. Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do. We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions. Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch. Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers