Teaching Assistant (Maternity Cover) (The Bishops' CoE Learning Academy)
Location: The Bishops' C of E Learning Academy, Newquay, Cornwall, UK
Education Phase: Primary
Working Pattern: Full-Time
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Application Deadline: Thursday, 10th July 2025
Interview Date: Monday 14th July 2025
About us
Our mantra is for our school community to, ‘Have faith to Belong, Believe, Aspire and Achieve’ in everything we do.Our foundation is in the church and we strive for all our children to flourish: "If you have faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mountain, move from here to there, and it would move. Nothing is impossible". Matthew 17:20.We are committed to ensuring that our children thrive during their time at The Bishops' and that they are instilled with our Christian values of perseverance, compassion, respect, forgiveness, trust and courage to be ready for whatever challenges come their way. These values echo our Trust Core Shared Values and our Trust Philosophy of ‘work hard, be honest & help others’.
Job Description
We are seeking a Teaching Assistant to join our skilled TA team to start in September 2025. Experience of working in a primary school classroom is desirable and the ideal candidate for this role will have good communication skills and a real enthusiasm and enjoyment of working with children to support them to be their very best. Experience of working with children with SEND would be an advantage.
This is a fixed term variable hours contract to cover the maternity leave of the permanent postholder, with initial hours of 30 hours per week, term time only.
As well as offering great schools to work in, wonderful children to work with, and fantastic colleagues to work alongside, our Trust is committed to providing colleagues with other benefits that make your employment with Kernow Learning the best it can be. We offer:
* A competitive salary and membership of Local Government Pension Scheme
* A real commitment to wellbeing, including access to 24/7 wellbeing services and employee assistance programme
* Access to discounts with national and local retailers and service providers
* A range of CPD and training opportunities, both internally and externally, learning from local and national speakers and specialists to support your professional growth
* The support and skills of our networks of colleagues both within our schools and our Shared Services teams
Kernow Learning is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and follows the Safer Recruitment process. The successful candidate will be expected to share this commitment and will be required to undertake checks including an enhanced disclosure through the DBS process, as well as, prohibition, S128, and Social Media/online presence checks.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all.
Unfortunately, Kernow Learning is not a sponsoring organisation for overseas candidates. This means that the successful candidate will need to possess the right to work in the UK or be able to secure the right to work in the UK independently.
Desired Criteria
Please see attached job description for more information.
The successful candidate will be:
* A caring and warm individual who is able to work effectively as part of a team
* Committed to their own professional development and continual self-review
* Committed to the safeguarding and wellbeing of all children
* Able to build a strong rapport with children and have a developing understanding of the national curriculum
* An excellent classroom support with behaviour management skills
* Able to lead learning with individuals or groups of pupils
* Uphold the school's Christian values
Please see attached job description for more information
Teaching Assistant - Job Description C of E.pdf
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