Level 2 Teaching Assistant (Temporary)

Chandlers Ridge Academy, Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, TS7 0JL

16 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  11 December 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  25 November 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Part time: 32.5 hours per week, term time only
• Contract type: Fixed term - To 31 August 2026
• Pay scale: Grade H, SCP 7 to 8

What skills and experience we're looking for

Chandlers Ridge Academy is seeking to appoint a Level 2 Teaching Assistant to join our wonderful staff team. The role will involve supporting children on a 1:1 basis with Special Educational Needs, including Disabilities, within our lower school provision. The right candidate will be patient, friendly and have a passion for supporting all children to fulfil their potential.

Here at Chandlers Ridge Academy, we have a positive and caring environment where our children are eager to learn. If successful, you will be joining a school with a strong commitment to providing the very best for all of our children.

What the school offers its staff

• A positive and caring ethos and working atmosphere
  
• Friendly children, eager to learn and achieve
• An aspirational curriculum for all students
• A committed, enthusiastic and supportive staff team
• Excellent support from the Governing Body, the staff and parents/carers
• Opportunities for career development

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

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

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About Chandlers Ridge Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 360 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Chandlers Ridge Academy website
• Email address: dmoore@chandlersridge.org.uk
• Phone number: 01642312741
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/chandlers-ridge-academy

Chandlers Ridge is a highly successful school for primary aged children located in Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough. The school currently has 361 pupils. In our last Ofsted inspection in April 2022 we achieved a good outcome.
We offer a very rich, broad curriculum and aim to ensure all pupils thrive at Chandlers Ridge, feeling safe, having fun and enjoying success. We want our pupils’ time in our school to be memorable, build upon what they know and can do and help them become lifelong learners.
We are determined to have the very best practice in teaching and learning and to create inspirational learning experiences for all of our children. To be an effective part of this journey it is essential that our new Headteacher believes passionately that every child can make excellent academic, social and personal progress. Our intake is wide ranging by nature, and we are proud of our very inclusive philosophy.
We are a friendly school; our children are happy, well behaved, enthusiastic and enjoy learning. Staff are well supported and offer support to each other as we help each other to be the best we can be.

Arranging a visit to Chandlers Ridge Academy

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email dmoore@chandlersridge.org.uk.

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