Teaching Assistant

This post is term time only with plus 5 training days and fixed term until 31st August 2028. 

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.

Working Pattern - Monday to Friday 8:30am - 3:30pm 

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.

• Ability to empathise with the needs of children and in

• particular able to establish positive relationships

• with pupils.

• Ability to provide levels of individual attention, reassurance and help with learning tasks as

• appropriate to pupils’ needs.

• Ability to supervise groups of pupils. 

• High expectations of children's achievements and behaviour. 

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.

In return we offer:

• Great opportunities for continuing professional development and a career pathway across our trust.

• Access to an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), delivered by Health Assured – the UK and Irelands leading wellbeing provider.

• Cycle to work scheme offering savings on a range of bikes and safety equipment via salary sacrifice.

• Access to free eyes tests for DSE users.

• Opportunities for flexible working. Discounts for large national retailers and local businesses in a wide range of categories including holidays, cars, days out, fashion, insurance and much more.

• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme which the trust also contributes to on your behalf.

• Recognition of previous service with other schools, academies, local government etc.

• Family friendly schemes such as maternity, paternity, shared parental and emergency dependent leave.

Interested? If you would like to join us and feel you could thrive here, then please read the accompanying and person specification and complete an application form by clicking ‘apply now’ no later than midnight on Sunday 5th July 2026. 

Proposed Interview Date-  9th July 2026 

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.