Supply Teaching Assistant

About the role

About the School:

Samuel Pepys is a Cambridgeshire area special school for pupils 140 wonderful pupils (increasing to 165) aged 3 - 19 years living in St. Neots and the surrounding area. All pupils have an EHC Plan to meet their severe and complex individual needs. We wish to work with team players whose skills and experience will contribute to meeting the individual needs of every pupil.

The successful applicant will confidently and competently be able to support children and young people with a range of needs, support behaviour and be flexible about working across the whole school. Supporting physical activities such as rebound trampolining, hydrotherapy, The Daily Mile and outdoor learning in a Forest School setting are all a part of this fun-filled role

• Rewarding work supporting pupils with special educational needs
• Being part of a well-trained, supportive staff team
• Flexible working, hours to suit, when needed between 9am and 3pm. You tell us when you are available to work, term time only
• A busy, active, varied role
• Being part of a positive, well-trained, supportive staff team, described as an 'remarkably effective team' by Ofsted (December 2024)
• Covering in different classes across the school
• Helping with physical activities such as hydrotherapy, Rebound Therapy, dinner and play times

Actual Salary: £17,486 - £18,062

Hourly rate is £12.34 - £12.74 (salary review pending).

Start date ASAP

The closing date for applications is at 9am on Thursday, 1st October 2026

Interviews will be held on Thursday, 8th October 2026.

Samuel Pepys School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. All appointments are subject to successful pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS, health check and two satisfactory references, requested prior to interview. In line with KCSIE guidance and as part of due diligence an online check will take place for shortlisted.

We actively promote equality of opportunity in employment in our school and would be pleasedto receive applications from all candidates regardless of age, ethnicity or religion.

CVs or applications via an agency are not accepted.

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don't meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don't be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates…