Teaching Assistant

Cornwall Council Jobs and Careers; Penzance; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 18,000; Part time

Job summary

Marazion Primary School in Cornwall is seeking a Teaching Assistant for a maternity cover. The role is part-time, 27.5 hours per week across Monday to Friday, over 38 teaching weeks, with a start date of 02/11/2026 and a closing date of 04 October 2026.

Crofty Education Trust is committed to safeguarding and delivering an inclusive, ambitious curriculum. We welcome applicants who share these values; interviews are to be confirmed.

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team at Marazion Primary School as aTeaching Assistant

Contract type: Maternity Open ended Fixed Term Contract.

Hours: 27.500 hours per week Monday - Friday

08:45 - 12:30 / 1:30 - 3:15pm

38 working weeks

Salary: £26,427

Per annum: £16,462

Closing date: 4th October 2026

Interviews: TBC

Start Date: 02/11/2026

There are over a hundred brilliant reasons to come and work at Marazion School. We are passionate about every child reaching their full potential and we work hard to enrich our daily life in school with curiosity, creativity, investigation and collaboration.

We have a strong and brave commitment to the whole child and to providing a creative and ambitious curriculum. At Marazion School, we want a diverse, beautiful and happy curriculum that is inclusive and educates, with one History, taught fully, including the accomplishments of everyone.

Our curriculum builds resilience, independence, resourcefulness, creativity and empathy and aims to respect uniqueness and individual talents. Young children need to be encouraged to be themselves: we must talk; listen; support. Our children have a voice and they know it is heard. We adapt our curriculum to meet the needs of our children. We value the importance of an enriched curriculum bespoke to our school created with input from all of us, supporting the whole child to be the best they can be. These experiences are essential for children to be happy and to thrive, learn and be successful.

We are seeking to appoint a person who is enthusiastic, hardworking and committed to the ethos of our Schools. As a trust we are committed to improving the lives of young people every day through a relentless focus on learning and personal development. We know that we can only do that if we have the very best teachers working within our team, this is your chance to be part of that growing body of exceptional teachers.

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 [e-mail]

Organisation address (inc postcode)

Unit 1 North Crofty, Tolvaddon Business Park, Camborne, TR14 0HX

Contact name

Laura Finney

Contact email

[e-mail]

Website

www.croftymat.org

This is not a Cornwall Council vacancy therefore please contact the organisation direct for further information.