Senior Teaching Assistant / Teaching Assistant / Apprentice Teaching Assistant
32hrs per week, term time only plus one week per annum
STA £31,067 to £31,586 pro rata
TA £25,183 pro rata
Apprentice TA £23,656
(National pay award pending to the above)
Cockermouth School Academy is a high performing, truly comprehensive and inclusive school in the heart of our community. We are building our team of educational support staff and are seeking candidates for a variety of exciting roles within our highly regarded team.
If you work with children already, for example, in early years, primary, secondary, post 16 or other settings and want to develop your skills with a caring and nurturing team we are keen to hear from you. Interested candidates can call us to discuss the roles and we can arrange for you to pop by and see us in our learning support setting.
We wish to appoint STA’s / TA’s / Apprentices to join our successful Learning Support Department in its work supporting all students at Cockermouth School and in particular students with a range of Special Educational Needs including in our Strategically Resourced Provision for Autism (SRP). We are a large centre for special education needs and offer training, development and a friendly team setting for you to develop in your role.
We are seeking candidates with initiative to work independently, a willingness to learn and develop, capacity to contribute to a team approach, flexibility and a genuine empathy for students with SEN. Experience and or qualifications from working in schools, in supporting children with needs such as Autism and a willingness to be trained further is required. TA and STA candidates should hold a relevant NVQ 3 qualification, be suitably qualified by experience and have skills/experience credibly proportionate to the role applied for. Apprentice applicants should have the skills to work in a busy secondary school setting and the ability to work towards their NCQ level 3 qualification which we will support.
GCSE Grade 4 (or equivalent) in English and Maths is required for all roles.
Further details and an application form are available at www.cockermouthschool.org
Cockermouth School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare and well-being of students, engages with young people and staff on policy and practice developments, proactively encourages feedback and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to appropriate checks and undertake an enhanced DBS and where appropriate to the post, a requirement to complete a Childcare Disqualification declaration.
Applicants will be considered on the basis of suitability regardless of sex, race, marital status or disability.
Completed application forms should be returned to recruitment@cockermouthschool.org no later than 09:00 on Thursday 5 June 2025.