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Level 3 Teaching Assistant

Haughton Academy, Darlington, County Durham, DL1 2AN

17 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  27 August 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  8 August 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Full time: 37 hours per week Term Time + 1 week - 0.9 FTE Mon - Thursday 8:00am-4:00pm Friday 8:00 - 3:30pm
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £31,067 - £33,366
• Pay scale: Band 8, SCP 19-23

What skills and experience we're looking for

Full Job Description and Person Specification is attached

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• To act as a role model and work in accordance with Haughton Academy’s PROUD values.
• To work closely with the SEND manager with regards to ‘Cause for Concerns’ submitted by staff.
• To take a lead role in organising SEND interventions in response to the ‘Cause for Concerns’.
• Provide learning activities for individuals and groups of pupils under the professional direction and supervision of a qualified teacher, differentiating and adaptive learning programmes to suit the needs of allocated pupils.
• Assess, record and report on development, progress and attainment as agreed with the teacher.
• Monitor and record pupil responses and learning achievements, drawing any problems which cannot be resolved to the attention of the teacher.
• Contribute to planning learning activities with the teacher, writing evaluations as required.
• Communication with pupils to promote learning, including assessing the impact of the communication on recipients and adjusting approach as necessary.
• Select and adapt appropriate resources / methods to facilitate agreed learning activities.
• Responsible for the careful and safe use equipment, such as play and standard ICT equipment.
• Support pupils in social, health and emotional well-being, reporting problems to the teacher as appropriate.
• Contribute to the Pupil Support Base and Reset Room rota.
• Demonstrate and adhere to the school’s health and safety policies and procedures.

What the school offers its staff

We offer:

• excellent opportunities to develop your own professional practice through. Learning. teams, action research and an extensive CPD programme.
• a personalised approach to leadership development.
• a technology rich learning environment.
• a committed staff team.
• state of the art buildings and facilities.

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

Please complete the online application.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Upload additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

Haughton Academy - TA Level 3 Job Advert - Aug 2025.pdf - 85.6 KB (opens in new tab)

Haughton Academy - TA L3 Application Pack.pdf - 496 KB (opens in new tab)

About Haughton Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 890 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Haughton Academy website
• Email address: peopleteam@educationvillage.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/haughton-academy

https://www.haughtonacademy.org.uk/

Arranging a visit to Haughton Academy

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