Teaching Assistant (Level 1) - Northstowe Secondary College

TEACHING ASSISTANT - LEVEL 1 Based at Northstowe Secondary College Salary: Grade 4, Points 3-5 (£24,796 - £25,583 FTE) Hours of work: Applicants must be able to workfrom 8:30am to 4pm, Monday to Friday with an earlier finish of 3:35pm one day per week. The full-time hours for this role are 32.5 hours per week, applications for part-time hours (4 days) can also be considered. Weeks per year: 39 weeks per year, (term time only plus training days) We have an exciting opportunity for a kind, curious and hardworking individual to join our team of Teaching Assistants working within the Northstowe Education Support Team (NEST), supporting students with additional needs both in and out of the classroom. The role will involve supporting our students across the secondary college. About Northstowe Learning Community (NLC) Northstowe Learning Community brings together: An 11-16 secondary school (NSC) Northstowe Sixth Form (NSF) Northstowe Primary School (NPS) Situated on the Northstowe Education Campus, NLC is co-located with the Trust’s Martin Bacon Academy. This specialist provision provides an innovative experience for its sixth form students through full integration with the Northstowe Sixth Form. This creates a vibrant educational hub where inclusion, collaboration, and excellence are central to the student experience. From September 2025, the school contains: One Reception and one Year 1 class (as the primary builds to its full 3FE (630 capacity) Approximately 760 students in Years 7-11 (as the secondary builds to its eventual 12FE 1800 PAN) Around 112 sixth form students (45 students in Year 13 and 67 students in Year 12). The Sixth Form will grow over time to reach its capacity of 400. NLC continues to grow rapidly in step with the new town of Northstowe, which will eventually be home to around 30,000 residents accommodated in up to 10,000 homes. The school is deliberately designed to play a key role in the provision of community facilities to reflect the Cambridgeshire Village College ethos. Our Journey So Far Northstowe Secondary College opened in 2019 with its first Year 7 cohort of just 71 students. In September 2024, the addition of both primary and sixth form phases marked a major milestone in our development and the school was renamed Northstowe Learning Community to reflect its expanded and unified identity. With the recent completion of Phase 2 of our building programme, NLC now features: An additional new specialist block for 11-16 education A state-of-the-art primary school building A purpose-built sixth form centre Phase 3 will commence once further housing development is confirmed. Once complete, Northstowe Learning Community will be one of the largest schools in the East of England, with capacity for approximately 2,800 students from Reception through to Year 13. The campus aims to serve all ages and abilities, taking a lead role in bringing people together to create a sustainable and empow