Teaching Assistant

Company: Trumpington Community College
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Location: Cambridge
Job Description:

Teaching Assistant

Salary: £23,329-25,351 (actual salary term time only)

Contract: Full-time, 37.5 hours per week, term time only

Location: Trumpington Community College, Cambridge

Job Purpose

To support the classroom teacher to facilitate the active participation of children in the academic and social activities of the school.

Principal Accountabilities

  • Support for children
    • Carry out pre‑determined tasks to support pupil learning under the teacher’s direction.
    • Establish and maintain supportive relationships with individual pupils or small groups.
    • Provide learning support for children with special needs or where English is not their first language.
    • Help with the care and support for pupils, including attending to emotional and/or physical care needs.
    • Support inclusion in the classroom, ensuring all pupils feel involved with tasks and activities.
  • Support for curriculum
    • Support the school curriculum, including literacy and numeracy activities, under the teacher’s direction.
    • Support the use of ICT in the curriculum.
  • Support for teacher
    • Complete records and contribute to reports on pupil progress and development.
    • Provide information to help the class teacher plan appropriate work programmes.
    • Help to prepare the learning environment for use.
    • Undertake support activities for the teacher as required (e.g. photocopying, preparation of materials, mounting displays).
    • Contribute to the management of pupil behaviour and take control of minor situations to allow the teacher to continue the lesson.
  • Support for school
    • Develop and maintain effective working relationships with other staff and parents/carers.
    • Contribute to the maintenance of a safe and healthy environment.
    • Attend and actively participate in staff meetings.
    • Provide support for school events (e.g. school plays, events).

General Accountabilities

  • Be responsible for one’s own safety and not endanger that of colleagues/visitors to the workplace.
  • Work in compliance with the Codes of Conduct, Regulations, and policies of the Cluster, and its commitment to equal opportunities and safeguarding.
  • Ensure that output and quality of work is of a high standard and complies with current legislation/standards.

Additional Information

This job description sets out the key outcomes required. It does not specify in detail the activities required to achieve these outcomes. As a term of your employment you may reasonably be expected to perform duties of a similar or related nature to those outlined in the job description.

All positions are subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Should you be shortlisted you will be subject to an online check.

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Posted: July 9th, 2026