Teaching Assistant - St Peter's C of E VA School
- Exeter, Devon
- Multiple Terms
- £13.47 - £13.69 per hour
Teaching Assistant, Fixed Term (1st June 2026 – 31st August 2027), Term Time Only Post
The post is fixed term due to: Special Needs of Pupils/Provision for English as an Additional Language
Required from: 1st June 2026
St Peter’s is an oversubscribed school, known as a high performing school and nationally recognised for our approaches to character education. Our most recent Ofsted inspection (‘Good’ November 2019 and SIAMS inspection (‘Excellent’ May 2019) indicate the significant progress we have made in developing well rounded students who ‘live life to the full’.
We wish to appoint a Teaching Assistant to work with our SEND Team supporting students who have needs relating to Communication and Interaction, Cognition and Learning, Social, Emotional and Mental Health and Physical and/or Sensory needs.
Personal skills would include:
- A high level of patience
- Be able to empathise
- Good listening skills
- A good sense of humour
- An English and Maths qualification at C grade GCSE or above or equivalent
Hours: Monday to Friday – 29 hours and 10 minutes per week for 38 weeks per annum plus one training day per academic year.
Our students make working here a real pleasure, and as such we have high expectation for both our students and ourselves.
We offer:
- A welcoming and friendly team of excellent staff
- A supportive working environment
- Students with a drive to succeed
A willingness and ability to offer time and energy to our wellbeing programme &/or extra-curricular provision (which we believe adds significant value to our character based approaches to education, including our Duke of Edinburgh and Ten Tors), will be taken into consideration for applications.
As a Church of England Aided School, in cases of equal merit preference will be given to candidates who are in sympathy with the foundation. The school is committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of its students.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
This role requires a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
This role requires the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence and fluency in English.
Online searches may be done as part of pre-recruitment checks.
Please visit https://www.spexe.org/674/vacancies for further information.
Telephone: 01392 204764.
Closing Date: 23:59pm, Monday 4th May 2026.
Job Details
- OrganisationDevon County Schools
- Work LocationExeterDevon
- Work Postcode
EX2 5AP
- Reference
AC6336
- Occupational GroupEducation Support
- Salary Details
£13.47 - £13.69 per hour
- Job TermFixed
- Appointment TypePart TimeTerm Time
- Hours
29 and 10 minutes (term time only) 38 weeks per annum + 1 training day per academic year
- Closing Date
03/05/2026
- DBS Check Required
Yes