Job Description

Teaching Assistants

King Charles C of E Primary School, Falmouth

Contract type: Fixed Term Contract until July 26

Available hours: Variable hours contract with initial hours of 30 hours per week (term time only)

Salary: Grade C 12.56 p/hour

Start date: As soon as possible

Closing date: 23rd November 2025

Interview date: w/c 1st December 2025 How to apply: Apply online at www.kernowlearning.co.uk/vacancies

We are seeking Teaching Assistants to join our skilled TA team. 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.

These are fixed term variable hours contracts until July 2026, with initial hours of 30 hours per week, term time only.

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

Being a Church School, Christian values are at the heart of all that we do and they support us in our aim to prepare our pupils for life. We pride ourselves on our caring, nurturing, exciting and enabling environment in which every child can thrive, feel safe and achieve; where everyone will shine. At King Charles, relationships are key to ensuring that we provide the best possible experience that a primary school can offer. We place

great emphasis on building positive relationships with everyone in our school community: families, pupils, staff and the wider community.

Our school's values of Friendship, Creativity, Aspiration, Teamwork and Achievement are the cornerstones of all that we do. We are passionate that our values serve everyone in our school family, not just the pupils in our school. Friendship is evident in the way in which all members of our school community build positive and respectful relationships.

Teamwork is everywhere at King Charles. Our staff teams, colleagues and schools within our Trust, Kernow Learning, partners and our pupils' ability to work alongside each other. Achievement is central to the purpose of King Charles. Committed staff, partnerships with families, and pupils' desire to achieve all enable our pupils to thrive.

Kernow Learning is a multi-academy trust of 21 primary schools in Cornwall. We believe that our trust is at the precipice of something great; through a mix of collective synchronicity and autonomy, our schools are working together to provide strength so that they can stretch their offer beyond expectations in their drive for excellence. Our trust is not insular; we embrace collaboration, innovation, and development. Our English Hub supports schools across Cornwall to secure children's early reading, whilst our Teaching School Hub, as a partner in OneCornwall, provides services to schools across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in relation to areas such as the Early Career Framework and National Professional Qualifications.

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.

If you would like the opportunity to contribute to the success of our trust, then we would love to hear from you. You can apply for this position online by visiting www.kernowlearning.co.uk/vacancies.

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.

For further information, or for support with the application process, please contact our HR Team on 01637 303106 or email hr@kernowlearning.co.uk.

Apply now at www.kernowlearning.co.uk/vacancies.

King Charles CoE Primary School

Western Terrace

Falmouth TR11 4EP

(01326) 313607

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Pay: 12.56 per hour

Expected hours: 30 per week

Benefits:

Canteen Casual dress Company pension Cycle to work scheme Discounted or free food Free flu jabs Health & wellbeing programme Sick pay
Work Location: In person