Teaching Assistant

Teaching Assistant
Required 1 September 2025 

PCD5 Salary Grade 5 - £25,183 (pro rata) Actual salary £17,486 (£13.05/hr) (Pay award pending)
30 hours per week term-time only (plus 5 days INSET/closure working)

The governors at Millom School are seeking to appoint a committed and enthusiastic teaching assistant to support children with special educational needs on a 1:1 and small group basis.

The successful candidate will work under the instruction and guidance of teaching and senior staff to undertake work/care/support programmes to enable access to learning for students, and to assist teachers in the management of the students both inside and outside the classroom.

Millom School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of its students.  All applicants are subject to the requirements of the Safeguarding Children and Safer Recruitment in Education guidelines.  This will include checks with past employers and the need for the successful applicant to hold or undergo a suitable enhanced DBS disclosure.  

Millom School has a friendly and supportive staff in a superb rural area at the southern tip of the Lake District.

Please see the school website for full details.  The application form should be downloaded from the school website, and accompanied by a letter of application stating why you would like to work at Millom School as a Teaching Assistant.

Completed applications should be submitted via email to hr@millom.cumbria.sch.uk by 12.00noon on Tuesday 8 July 2025.

Interviews will be held wc Monday 14 July 2025.

Please ensure that your application includes both a daytime and an evening telephone number where you can be contacted, and an email address.

If you have particular questions about the post, we will be happy to answer them for you. Please contact the Headteacher’s PA, Sheila Minter, on stminters@millom.cumbria.sch.uk who will be pleased to help you.