Graduate Teacher Intern into Apprentice

The successful applicant will initially work as an Intern alongside an experienced Teacher. Then, subject to successful completion of the intern year (2026-27) and gaining a place on the Postgraduate Apprenticeship route, as an Apprentice Teacher from July 2027 until July 2028 to gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) with The Cambridge Partnership (PGTA). This is a temporary role. To gain further experience, there may be an opportunity to work as a Teaching Assistant in the Summer Term 2026 before the internship starts.

Salary range for Intern: £24,790-£26,835 (Actual £20,656-£22,360). Salary for Apprenticeship: £21,731 (UQT1).

About the role: This role offers the opportunity to work for a year as a Teacher Intern leading to the Apprenticeship route to gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) with The Cambridge Partnership, known as the Postgraduate Teaching Apprenticeship (PGTA). If you are a graduate, or about to graduate, with relevant experience of working with children and young people with special educational needs or with a commitment to training to teach within a specialist environment, we would like to hear from you.

What will you be doing?

• Be part of a friendly and outward looking school with wonderful pupils, supportive families and a strong staff team ethos.
• Ongoing opportunities for continued professional learning and development alongside the apprenticeship route with The Cambridge Partnership (subject to successfully completing the intern year and gaining a place on the apprenticeship route into teaching).
• Work with colleagues to plan and deliver high quality learning opportunities within a well resourced school and the wider community.
• Promote communication and interaction in a range of settings including our Literacy Lounge, Forest School, MiLE Sensory Room, trampoline, soft play and outdoor learning areas.

About you: How to apply for the Teacher Intern post: Please complete and return the Teaching Assistant application form from our website, with an accompanying letter of application by email to joinus@samuelpepys.cambs.sch.uk by Tuesday 2nd June 2026 at 9.00 am. Interview date - TBC.

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, medical check and references, requested prior to interview. In line with KCSIE guidance and as part of due diligence an online check will take place for shortlisted candidates.

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 to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs.

Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would be happy talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.