Teaching Assistant

SAMpeople; Hayle; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

SAMpeople in Hayle is seeking a Teaching Assistant with Lunchtime Supervisor responsibilities for a full-time fixed-term role in a primary school environment. You will provide 1:1 support for pupils with Special Educational Needs and work with groups of children in class settings.

We welcome applicants who are passionate about making a positive difference in young learners’ lives. DBS and safeguarding checks are part of our pre-employment process, and visits to the school are encouraged.

Responsibilities

• Support pupils with Special Educational Needs on a 1:1 basis
• Assist with lunchtime supervision and managing groups in class settings

Job description

We are inviting applications from candidates who feel they can add to our wonderful team as a Teaching Assistant with Lunchtime Supervisor responsibilities. This is a full time, fixed term role, with final age group responsibility to be established based on the strengths and potential of the successful candidate. There will be an element of working 1:1 to support pupils with Special Educational Needs, as well as working with groups of children in a class setting.

We are a staff team that has astonishing passion for, and loyalty to, the children of Hayle, believing that each of them deserves the very best primary education we can offer. Our school community is the sum of its many individual parts, and we are excited to welcome someone new who will add to our existing team in unique ways that will benefit us all.

About You:

If you feel you have the passion to make a difference to our school and impact positively on the lives of our children, we would be delighted to hear from you. Visits to the school are strongly encouraged and you will be assured an individual tour at a time that suits you. Until then, our website contains much that we hope you will find informative and exciting.

As a leading Academy Trust, we are able to offer our staff a range of continued professional development opportunities alongside family friendly policies and access to the Local Government/Teachers Pension Schemes. More on our benefits can be found here .

TPAT is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

Successful candidates will be required to complete an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) application as part of their pre-employment administration. The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provide that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account. Other pre‑employment checks will include receipt of two satisfactory references, evidence of right to work in the UK, proof of any relevant qualifications and completion of a health assessment questionnaire.

Our recruitment process requires checks includingidentity, right to work, and an enhanced DBS check with a barred list check for all staff and volunteers. Checks for other roles may include overseas checks for those who have lived abroad, prohibition from teaching checks, and childcare disqualification checks, these will be undertaken for all appropriate roles.This ensures that:

Statutory checks on staff who work with children are complied with in line with the Disclosure and Barring Service requirements for Regulated Activity and are completed prior to starting within the Trust. Please also note: At least one member of the recruitment panel will have successfully completed safer recruitment training through an accredited training provider

Online searchers will be undertaken as part of pre-recruitment checks

Where appropriate,details of checks will be held in individuals’ personnel files. We follow requirements and best practice in retaining copies ofand the retention of these checks, and they will be recorded within the single central record for the successful candidate, and in line with our data retention policy for all other candidates.All relevant staff (involved in early years’ settings and/or before or after-school care for children under eight) are made aware of the disqualification from childcare guidance and their obligations to disclose to us relevant information that could lead to disqualification.

TPAT complies with the requirements of KCSIE 2025