Teaching Assistant

St Hild's Church of England School, Hartlepool, TS24 9PB

15 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  29 June 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  13 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4
• Working pattern: Part time (Can be done as a job share)
• Contract type: Fixed term - Fixed term to 31st August 2026
• Full-time equivalent salary: Band 6 £24,183 - £25,584 per annum - Pay award pending
• Actual salary: Actual salary £19,196 - £19,502 per annum pro rata - Pay award pending

What skills and experience we're looking for

We are looking for a colleague who has:

• Experience of classroom/small group organisation.
• Ability to use language and other communication skills that children can understand relate to.
• Abilityto empathise with the needs of children and inparticular able to establish positive relationshipswith pupils.
• Ability to provide levels of individual attention, reassurance and help with learning tasks asappropriate to pupils’ needs.
• Ability to supervise groups of pupils.
• High expectations of children's achievements and behaviour.

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 Teachers' PensionScheme 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 details about the role

This post is term time only with plus 5 training days and fixed term until 31st August 2026.

St Hilds Church of England School is seeking to appoint a Teaching Assistant to work with our Teachers and support teaching and learning with individual/small groups of pupils, adjusting activities within set parameters under the direction, guidance and supervision of the Teacher.

This particular post will be providing support in our Bridge provision focussing on pupils with emotionally based non-attendance complex issues.

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.

St Hild’s Church of England School is in an exciting phase of its development and has high ambition for its pupils. With a strong Christian ethos we work effectively across the whole community to improve and enrich the lives of children. We are incredibly proud to be an inclusive school with a higher than average number of children who have additional needs. As a result we prioritise high quality classroom teaching and provide bespoke support where appropriate.

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 29th June 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.

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

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Teaching Assistant Person Specification (2).pdf - 139 KB (opens in new tab)

About St Hild's Church of England School

• School type: Academy, Church of England, ages 11 to 16
• Education phase: Secondary
• School size: 670 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: St Hild's Church of England School website
• Email address: d.gillies@neatat.org.uk
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/st-hild-s-church-of-england-school

Arranging a visit to St Hild's Church of England School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email d.gillies@neatat.org.uk.

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