Overview
Education Phase: Primary
Working Pattern: Part-Time
Contract Type: Fixed Term
Application Deadline: Thursday, 18th September 2025
Interview Date: w/c 22nd September 2025
About us
We may be biased, but we think that our school is a special place to grow and learn. Our aim is simply to be a great school. Using the considerable talents of our dedicated staff, families and other adults in our community, we support and challenge our pupils to think for themselves, do their very best and make a meaningful contribution to their world.We embrace our Trust’s Core Shared Values of Strength, Wisdom, and Courage to help us aim high in all that we do. Our Trust Philosophy of ‘work hard, be honest & help others’ sets our pupils on a highway to success; a journey that we know will be different for each and every one of us.
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 SEN would be an advantage.
This is a fixed term, variable hours contract linked to SEN funding, with initial hours of 10 hours per week (9:00-11:00am, Monday to Friday) term time only.
Please see attached Job Description for more information.
Benefits
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
* A caring and warn 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
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