TA2s and TA1s - Hope Wood, Portland & Barbara Priestman Academies

The Ascent Academies' Trust, Sunderland, SR5 3PE

21 days remaining to apply

Start date details
Pending HR Recruitment clearances
Closing date
9 January 2026 at 9am
Date listed
19 December 2025

Job details

Job role: Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2, Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
Working pattern: Full time, part time
Contract type: Permanent
Pay scale: Band C - D, SCP 3-6

What skills and experience we're looking for

What we need:

• A commitment to and a passion for building a brighter future for young people with Special Educational Needs

• Someone who will embrace being part of a family of schools, sharing good practice and collaborating with others across a Trust.

• An enthusiastic and positive approach within the classroom part of the wider school and family of schools

• Commitment to own professional development and to enhance those of others in order that we can respond to the needs of our young people

• Consistently high expectations and aspirations for our young people and yourself

• A commitment to fresh and exciting methods to assist the delivery of the curriculum

• A relentless drive to secure the best possible outcomes for all young people in our academies• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• Complete commitment to the core values of Ascent

What the school offers its staff

We can offer you:

• An opportunity to work with highly-skilled professionals who love what they do

• Chance to work with our amazing young people and their families

• Excellent career development and progression opportunities

• Opportunity to work across all ages and abilities within the Trust

• Opportunity to work in settings which value multi-disciplinary ways of working

• Access to a range of subject and SEND specific networks, regionally and nationally

• An exciting and extensive commitment to high quality professional development, identified through a strong appraisal process

• A comprehensive wellbeing and support package for staff

Flexible working opportunities

We have the following contract types available within our academies:

permanent, temporary, maternity cover and casual which are available on a full-time or part-time basis.

Salary information

TA1s (Care Assistants) -based at Barbara Priestman, Portland or Hope Wood AcademyHours/ weeks: 37 hours/wk, 39 weeks (TTO + 1 week)

Salary: Grade C £21,804 - £22,143 actual paid salary for working 37 hours per week/ 39 weeks per year

TA2s (Teaching Assistants) - based at Barbara Priestman, Portland or Hope Wood AcademyHours/ weeks: 37 hours/wk, 39 weeks (TTO + 1 week)

Salary: Grade D £22,499 - £22,856 actual paid salary for working 37 hours per week/ 39 weeks per year

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.