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Teaching Assistant Level 2

Whitehouse Primary School, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, NE29 8PE

This job expired on 6 July 2025 – see similar jobs

• Start date details

  As soon as possible

• Closing date

  6 July 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  30 June 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 (Can be done as a job share): 32.5 hours per week
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: Grade 4 £24,790 - £25,183 per annum (Actual Salary £18,647- £18,942) - pay award pending

What skills and experience we're looking for

You will join a supportive, welcoming and motivated school community that works hard to maintain high standards. We are looking for someone who can inspire and influence and has;

• Experience of working with SEN children or 1:1 working would be desirable, as well as using Read Write Inc to support phonics development.
• An ability to collaborate and work successfully as part of a team, communicating well with pupils, parents and carers.
• An ability to develop positive relationships with children, to understand their needs and encouragepositive attitudes to learning.

What the school offers its staff

In return we offer:

• Great opportunities for continuing professional development and a career pathway across the trust.
• A team of hardworking, dedicated and friendly staff where everyone is valued.
• The benefitof working in a highly collaborative multi academy trust.
• Membership of the Local Government Pensions Scheme which the trust also contributes to on your behalf.
• Recognition of previous service with other schools, academies, local government etc.
• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), delivered by Health Assured – the UK and Irelands leading wellbeing provider.
• Good public transport links via Tyne and Wear Metro and road links from the A19 and A1058 Coast Road.

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.

Whitehouse Primary School are looking to appoint two Level 2 Teaching Assistants who can make a difference to the learning of our pupils. You'll form positive relationships and play a key, rewarding part in improving the outcomes for our pupils. You may also work within our Alternative Resource Provision, or with pupils who have education, health and care plans (EHCPs).

The positions are part time, 32.5 hours per week and term time only plus 5 additional days.

Our school is one of eight primary and secondary schools within the NEAT Academy Trust family of schools. At the heart of our trust is the aim to nurture, educate, achieve and transform the lives of all young people within the communities we serve across the North East. We have a national research school, which aims to build and strengthen networks of schools throughout the region and help them access effective education research and implement it in everyday practice.

Interested? If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive here, then please read the accompanying Job Description and Person Specification and complete an application form by clicking ‘apply now’ no later than midnight on Sunday 6th July 2025.

Expected interview dates - week commencing 7th July 2025.

NEAT is committed to safer recruitment practice and promoting the welfare of children and expects staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS from the Disclosure and Barring Service is required as part of pre-employment checks. For shortlisted candidates, we will conduct an online search as part of our screening. Apply now Supporting documents

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.

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About Whitehouse Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 159 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Whitehouse Primary School website
• Email address: g.wood@neatat.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/whitehouse-primary-school-ne29-8pe

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