Teaching Assistant

Nunthorpe Primary Academy, Middlesbrough, TS7 0LA

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  6 June 2025 at 8am

• Date listed

  20 May 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: Full time: Monday to Friday 32.5 hours per week Term Time only
• Contract type: Permanent
• Full-time equivalent salary: £25,183 - £25,584
• Pay scale: Grade C SCP 6-7

What skills and experience we're looking for

Main purpose

To provide learning and care support for pupils including pupils with special educational needs (SEN). This will involve working with the teacher to plan and deliver activities and supporting pupils with routines, transitions and behaviour management.

The post holder will hold at least a recognised Level 2 Teaching Assistant qualification or equivalent qualification or experience. They must be able to demonstrate excellent relationships with children and adults. The successful candidate will help and instruct both individual and groups of pupils as they work on literacy and numeracy tasks, giving pupils feedback and supporting then in working towards their individual targets.

Nunthorpe Primary Academy is a happy and vibrant place to work. Staff and pupils are highly motivated and strive to achieve high standards through commitment and excellent resources.

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and an enhanced CRB disclosure will be sought.

What the school offers its staff

We offer:

• Competitive pay
• Defined benefit pensions
• Performance-related pay progression and recognition of additional responsibilities
• Annual cost of living adjustment
• On-site parking at our school premises

Additional benefits include access to:

• Access to support services for all staff

Commitment to safeguarding

The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children/young people. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and enhanced DBS disclosures are sought, along with other relevant employment checks during the recruitment process.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs are not accepted.

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.

Additional documents

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

IAT Recruitment_Monitoring_Form (1).docx - 86.5 KB (opens in new tab)

IAT Application Form.docx - 148 KB (opens in new tab)

IAT Consent to Obtain References Form.docx - 85.6 KB (opens in new tab)

Teaching Assistant Job Description.pdf - 121 KB (opens in new tab)

IAT Recruitment_Monitoring_Form (1).docx - 86.5 KB (opens in new tab)

About Nunthorpe Primary Academy

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 246 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Nunthorpe Primary Academy website
• Email address: recruitment@nunthorpeprimary.org.uk
• Phone number: 01642315508
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/nunthorpe-primary-academy

‘The days that make us happy make us wise’
We aim to help our pupils develop in a balanced way, enabling them to:
achieve success at the primary stage of their education;
play a positive part as young citizens in their communities; and
obtain the skills and qualities they need to continue this aspiration.
Academic success is important, but so too are endeavour and achievements in all other areas.

Harnessed to these are the development of spiritual awareness and a sense of responsibility.

The Nunthorpe Primary Academy motto is ‘The days that make us happy make us wise’, and this is reflected in our academy through all that we do.

We promote individual effort against a background of solid teamwork. Almost all things can be fun to do and all children can be happy doing them.

The key qualities and attributes embedded within our teaching are:

Independence
Aspiration
Confidence
Creativity
Resilience
Teamwork

Arranging a visit to Nunthorpe Primary Academy

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

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