We have an exciting opportunity to join our team at Portreath Primary School as a Teaching Assistant.
Contract Type: Fixed Term Contract until 31st August 2027
Pay Scale: Band 2 £25,583 full time equivalent
Salary: £7,340 per annum
Hours: 12.667 hours per week Thursday – Friday 0840 - 1255 / 115 - 320pm (6.333hrs per day)
Start date: September 2026
Portreath Primary School is a village school on the north coast of Cornwall. We are a school that prides itself on its very special relationship with its community. Everyone knows and cares about each other. Portreath is a happy school that is committed to helping children do and be their very best. We believe that happy children are the most successful learners.
At Portreath School we have five school values: kindness, empathy, inclusion, honesty and gratitude. Our focus is on building strong relationships. We want everyone to feel that they belong and see themselves as special. Our school motto is ‘Be curious, creative and courageous to grow and make a difference.
Teachers within our trust work collaboratively both across ages and subjects within their own schools and across all Crofty Schools. We strongly believe in developing the potential of all staff and have a comprehensive professional development programme, for staff at all levels, which understands ours is an intellectual and practical profession that draws its energy from rich conversations.
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 human.resources@croftymat.org
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