Specialist Teaching Assistant – Level 2- Priory Woods School and Arts College

North East Combined Authority; Tees Valley; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Priory Woods School & Arts College in Middlesbrough is advertising a Specialist Teaching Assistant – Level 2. The post is permanent, 35 hours per week, term time only plus one week, with an actual salary of £22,642.13. Scale points: Grade E point 8.

Applicants should have excellent interpersonal and organisational skills and a good understanding of SEN and child development. Applications are invited through the school; Safeguarding and DBS checks apply.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent organisational skills.
• Good understanding of special educational needs.
• Understanding of child development and learning processes.
• Ability to work with learners from four to nineteen and with a range of abilities.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Understanding of SEND

Child development understanding

Ability to work with 4–19 and diverse.

Job description

Priory Woods School

Tothill Avenue

Netherfields

Middlesbrough

TS3 ORH

Tel: [phone]

Head teacher: Miss E Fox

Specialist Teaching Assistant – Level 2

Scale points: Grade E point 8

Actual Salary: £22,642.13 (actual salary)

Hours: 35 hours per week, term time only plus one week

Contractual status: Permanent

Priory Woods School and Arts College is a large and successful school for children and young people aged 4 – 19 with severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties and complex needs. We currently have a vacancy for a Level 2 Specialist Teaching Assistant.

If you are a suitably qualified, highly motivated, creative person with high aspirations for all learners, we would like to hear from you.

The successful applicant must have:

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent organisational skills
• A good understanding of special educational needs
• Understanding of child development and learning processes
• The ability to work with learners from four to nineteen and with a range of abilities

Please contact the school and ask to speak to Emma Fox or Vicky McDermott if you would like to have more information about our school or the post.

Further details on the post and the application process are available on our school website:

Priory Woods School & Arts College - Vacancies

Priory Woods is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Safer recruitment and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed, including online checks. This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and, therefore, all convictions, cautions and bind-overs, including those regarded as “spent”, must be declared.

Closing date: 9 am on Monday 2nd November 2026

Shortlisting: 9 am on Monday 2nd November 2026

Interviews: Thursday 5th November 2026