Teaching Assistant - Early Years

Langdale Primary is seeking to recruit a passionate teaching assistant to support primarily Year 1 and Reception classes, however, this is subject to change, and also deliver high quality teaching and learning across a range of phases. Our school prides itself on nurture and the successful candidate will need to have a caring and considerate nature, where pupils are the priority. They must also show an understanding of what constitutes quality teaching and learning, have previous or current practice of delivering high quality lessons, be knowledgeable about the primary curriculum and have an understanding of phonics. You will join a supportive team and have the chance to grow professionally, in a rewarding environment. The successful candidate should be able to implement positive behaviour management techniques, encouraging the children to be confident, independent and successful.

Contracted hours: 32.5 hours a week, 8:30am -3:30pm Monday-Friday.

Contract type: Permanent, Term Time Only

Pay grade: Grade 5

Annual Pay: £25,989 FTE

The duties for this role will include:

Support for Pupils:

Under the direction of a qualified teacher:

Support pupils’ learning in a range of classroom settings, including working with individuals, groups and whole classes (where the assigned teacher is not present)

using detailed knowledge, experience, specialist skills and training.

Establish productive working relationships with pupils acting as a role model and setting high expectations.

Develop and implement pupil’s Individual Education/Behaviour/Support/Mentoring Plans and review progress.

Provide pastoral support to pupils within the school environment

Provide structured support, including tutorial support, in accordance with specific work programmes designed and supervised by individual teachers.

Support for the Teacher:

Organise and manage appropriate learning environment and resources.

Under an agreed system of supervision, plan and prepare teaching and learning

objectives, adjusting activities/work plans as appropriate.

Undertake more complex marking of planned work.

Monitor and evaluate pupil responses to learning activities using a range of assessment

and monitoring strategies against pre-determined learning objectives.

Within the school’s discipline policy, apply behaviour management strategies and

techniques to manage behaviour constructively and contribute to purposeful learning environment.

Co-ordinate and organise pupils attending extra-curricular activities/work experience or other out of school activities.

Invigilate exams/tests within the school environment.

Provide general classroom support for activities e.g. produce worksheets for agreed activities etc.

Support for the Curriculum:

Under the direction of a qualified teacher

Deliver learning activities to pupils within an agreed system of supervision, adjusting

activities according to pupil responses/needs.

Contribute to curriculum planning, evaluation and implementation.

Use ICT effectively to support learning activities.

Contribute to development of school policies and procedures by participation in working groups.

The development, preparation and dissemination of appropriate materials.

Determine the need for, prepare and use specialist equipment, plans and resources to support pupils.

Support to School:

Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young persons you are responsible for or come into contact with.

Be involved in and contribute to whole school policy development.

Assist with the development of policies and procedures relating to child protection,

health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.

Ensure all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop.

Liaise effectively with teachers/parents/guardians, welfare officers, health visitors and

other professional staff as part of the routine consultative process.

Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school.

Attend relevant meetings as required.

Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required.

Assist with the supervision of pupils out of lesson times, including before and after school and at lunchtimes.

Langdale Primary School is fully committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of students and expect all staff to share this commitment. This position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly CRB) which will require you to disclose details of all unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions as part of the recruitment process. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to complete a self-declaration of their criminal record and other relevant safeguarding information that may make them unsuitable to work with children.

It is an offence to apply for this position if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity.

A copy of the schools Safeguarding Policy can be viewed here: https://primarysite-prod-sorted.s3.amazonaws.com/langdaleprimarynewcastle/UploadedDocument/3997ed4b-3ed5-43f1-83d7-44e89f6d7805/langdale-primary-school-safeguarding-policy-2023-24.pdf

If you are successful in being shortlisted for this post, we will carry out an online search as part of our due diligence

Application Closing Date: 8th July 2026

Shortlisting Date: 8th April 2026

Interview Date: 13th July 2026