Teaching Assistant

Catchgate Primary School, Stanley, County Durham, DH9 8LX

12 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  27 June 2025 at 12pm (midday)

• Date listed

  13 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £23,551.00 - £25,509.00 Annually (Actual) Actual salary based on working term time plus 2 weeks

Teaching Assistant job summary

Teaching Assistant
37 hours per week
Term time + 2 weeks

Catchgate Primary School is looking for a committed and enthusiastic Teaching Assistant with a passion for Early Years and experience supporting pupils with SEND. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a welcoming and forward-thinking school during an exciting period of development.

Our new Executive Headteacher, Jo Woodhall, will lead both Catchgate and our partner school, Castleside Primary. The successful candidate will work closely with teachers to plan and deliver high-quality learning, including personalised support for children with a range of additional needs. A strong understanding of Early Years development and a calm, positive approach are essential.

You will support learning for individuals, groups, and occasionally whole classes, contribute to assessments and support plans, and play a vital role in promoting pupils’ emotional well-being and inclusion. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a team, values positive relationships with pupils and families, and is committed to helping every child succeed.

In return, we offer a supportive staff team, excellent professional development opportunities, and the chance to make a real difference in a caring and ambitious school.

Please note that we operate a probationary period of 6 months across all jobs in the Trust (see attached policy for further details). You will receive a comprehensive induction to support you to successfully pass your probation.

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Catchgate Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: Up to 266 pupils
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Catchgate Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/catchgate-primary-school-stanley

Welcome to Catchgate Primary School recruitment page and thank you for your interest in looking for a post within our school. We offer a warm welcome to you and hope that you will come and visit our thriving school where we believe all children and staff are entitled to develop to their fullest potential enabling each one to grow in confidence, knowledge and understanding.

We are at the start of a new journey into NCDAT and excited at the prospect of working with both primary and secondary school colleagues. The relationships between the schools is strong already and there are clear opportunities for staff learning, career development and progression so that you can realise your ambition of achieving the next step in your career.

As Governors, leaders and staff we provide a happy, caring, safe and stimulating environment which promotes self-esteem, respect to self and others, co-operation and introduces a range of life skills for participation in the wider community. We have a strong focus on wellbeing for both pupils and staff, which was commented on in a recent Ofsted report, and we support staff with workload to achieve a positive homelife balance.

The community is at the heart of all we do. We work in partnership with parents and a range of other organisations across, and within, the community we serve to ensure children’s development and learning are achieved together. We value the relationships we have with the community and invite them regularly to be part of our learning experience. We offer our children a range of opportunities to develop their independence. We want our new staff members to help us develop a responsible attitude in our children that will enable them to become tolerant, active and caring citizens of the future who contribute positively to the local, national and global community.

If you share your passion for working with children aged 2 – 11 and are committed to high levels of education, commitment to excellence and have the drive to make a difference to our community, then we very much look forward to inviting your on our journey.

Thank you for considering Catchgate Primary School for your future career path. We look forward to working in partnership with you and gladly welcome you to visit our school by contacting our HR Team at enquiries@catchgateps.org.uk whereupon a mutually convenient date and time will be arranged.

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