We currently have a vacancy for a Temporary Fixed Term Part-time Teaching Assistant to start from Monday 1st September 2025 to Friday 18th July 2026.
The post is fixed term for 30 hours per week Monday to Friday 8.30am to 3.30pm term time only + 5 Inset Days. The post will start on 1st September 2025 to Friday 18th July 2026. This fixed term post is to support a child in KS1 with an EHCP.
Please complete the Cumberland Council application form below and email to secretary@newinf.cumbria.sch.uk. Please read the guidance and important information and the information provided for the completion of each section carefully before completion.
The closing date for applications is Thursday 10th July 2025 @ 9.00am.
Interviews will be held on Monday 14th July 2025.
All posts involving direct contact with children are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 and the successful applicant will be required to hold or undergo a suitable enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service disclosure. However, amendments to the ROA 1974 (Exceptions Order 1975 (2013 & 2020) provide that certain spent convictions and cautions are 'protected'. These are not subject to disclosure to employers and cannot be considered. Guidance and criteria on the filtering of these cautions and convictions can be found on the Ministry of Justice website.
Short-listed candidates will be asked to complete a criminal record self-disclosure form to provide details of all unspent convictions and those that would not be filtered or protected, to be returned to the school prior to the date of the interview. You may be asked for further information about your criminal history during the recruitment process. If your application is successful, this criminal record self-disclosure information will be checked against information from the Disclosure & Barring Service before your appointment is confirmed.
In addition to the above, the school reserves the right to carry out an online search on short-listed candidates. This will only include a search for information which is publicly available online.
Please note it is an offence to apply for the role if the applicant is barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.