Enhanced Teaching Assistant

Wingate Primary School, Wingate, County Durham, TS28 5AQ

14 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  November 2025

• Closing date

  22 October 2025 at 1pm

• Date listed

  8 October 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Pastoral, health and welfare
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,798.00 - £25,777.00 Annually (Actual) Based on working term time plus 1 week

Enhanced Teaching Assistant job summary

Enhanced Teaching Assistant

Location: Wingate Primary School

Grade: 3 - £23,798 - £25,777 actual salary based on term time plus 1 week

Hours: 37 Hours per week term time plus 1 week

Start date: November 2025

New College Durham Academies Trust is seeking an enthusiastic and dedicated Enhanced Teaching Assistant to join our team at Wingate Primary School.

The successful candidate will play a key role in supporting pupils so they can access learning, develop their independence, and experience a sense of achievement. You will work under the guidance of teaching staff to deliver high-quality learning experiences to individuals, small groups, and occasionally whole classes, helping to raise standards and promote inclusion across the school.

We are looking for someone who demonstrates high expectations, excellent communication skills, and the ability to build positive relationships with pupils, staff, and parents. You will contribute to classroom learning, support pupils with a range of needs (including those with SEND or additional support plans), and help create a nurturing and stimulating environment where all children can thrive.

Applicants should hold a relevant Level 3 qualification in Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools (or equivalent) and have GCSEs (or equivalent) in English and Maths. Experience of working with children in a school setting is essential, and experience supporting pupils with a variety of needs, including social, emotional, and communication difficulties is desirable.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking Trust that places students at the heart of everything we do. As a growing organisation, New College Durham Academies Trust offers staff the chance to contribute to our continued development and success. Our People Strategy underpins our commitment to being a great place to work. We focus on engaging and including all staff, rewarding and recognising their contribution, supporting professional development, and attracting and welcoming the very best people into our schools.

Our work is guided by five values: we are respectful, ambitious, collaborative, inclusive and resilient. These values shape how we work together and how we support both our staff and our students to achieve excellence.

New College Durham Academies Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check.

Please note: The Trust operates a standard six-month probationary period for all new staff.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Wingate Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 5 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: Up to 420 pupils
• Age range: 5 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Wingate Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/wingate-primary-school-wingate

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