Teaching Assistant x 1 (Fixed term) (Secondary)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Free flu vaccines

Free onsite parking

Professional development

LGPS

Job summary

Dyke House Academy in Hartlepool is seeking a dedicated Teaching Assistant (Fixed Term) to support pupils across Key Stage 3 and 4. You will deliver targeted interventions, mentor students, and provide classroom support to help GCSE attainment.

Working 35 hours per week during 39 weeks, with pro rata salary and a fixed-term contract. NET offers professional development and a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering targeted interventions to help pupils access the national curriculum.
• Ability to mentor students and monitor progress through logs and records.
• Provide classroom support, planning and evaluating learning objectives with teachers.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Interventions: Prepare and deliver targeted intervention programs for individuals/small groups.
• Student Mentoring: Discuss reasons for underperformance and develop intervention materials; log progress.
• Classroom Support: Assist in planning, monitoring, and evaluating learning objectives.
• Skill Development: Help students develop literacy, language and reasoning skills; assist with set assignments.
• Direct Student Aid: Clarify instructions, ensure equipment use, motivate learners, help finish tasks.
• Inclusion & Support: Support students with special needs; assist in creating ILPs.
• Behaviour & Environment: Maintain high standards of behaviour; role model positive conduct.
• Collaboration & Communication: Liaise with teachers, heads of department and parents.
• Technology: Maximise ICT use in learning under teacher direction.
• Cover Coverage: Supervise classes during short-term teacher absences.
• Exam Invigilation Assist: Assist invigilation of internal/external assessments as required.

Skills

Interventions

Student mentoring

Classroom support

Literacy development

Inclusion support

Behaviour management

ICT in learning

Exam invigilation

Job description

Post: Teaching Assistant x 1 (Fixed term)

Contract Type: Fixed Term

Salary Range: Grade 4, SCP10 – SCP12 (£27,694.00 - £28,598.00.00 FTE) Pro rata salary £23,145.00 - £23,901.00

Salary amounts quoted are from the 1 September to 31 August and therefore if you commence employment part way through the academic year, they are subject to an equated salary adjustment

Working Type: Full time, 35 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8am – 3.30pm (39 working weeks, paid weeks 45.942)

Base: Dyke House Academy, Mapleton Road, Hartlepool, TS24 8NQ

Please note: the post holder will be engaging in regulated activity, working mainly or wholly with children. This position is exempt from the rehabilitation of offender’s act 1974. It is an offence to apply for this role if you are barred from engaging in regulated activity relevant to children.

Northern Education Trust (NET) is a charitable education Trust with a good track record for school improvement. The Trust sponsors 30 academies; 17 secondary and 13 primaries across the North of England in fourteen Local Authority regions.

Northern Education Trust is seeking to appoint a dedicated Teaching Assistant to join the team at Dyke House Academy. In this role, you will work as part of the academy/department to support interventions with students who require additional mentoring to achieve their GCSEs. You will also work with other small groups and individual students across both Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4 as required.

Your primary focus will be to promote the learning and welfare of students by providing practical and learning support, including supporting those with special needs, under the direction of a class teacher or Inclusion Manager.

Key Responsibilities

Deliver Interventions: Prepare and deliver targeted intervention programs to individuals and small groups, enabling them to achieve maximum access and participation in the National Curriculum.

Student Mentoring: Interview students to discuss reasons for underperformance , assist in developing intervention materials, and keep detailed logs of student progress.

Classroom Support: Work under the direction of the class teacher to assist in planning, monitoring, and evaluating learning objectives.

Skill Development: Help students further develop their literacy, language, and reasoning skills, while assisting them with the organization and preparation of set assignments.

Direct Student Aid: Aid learning by clarifying instructions , ensuring students can use equipment , motivating learners , and helping them concentrate to finish their work.

Inclusion & Support: Support students with special needs to encourage acceptance and inclusion , develop methods to reinforce self-esteem , and assist in creating Individual Learning Plans (ILP).

Behaviour & Environment: Establish productive working relationships with students, act as a role model, and support the "expectations for learning" system to maintain high standards of behaviour.

Collaboration & Communication: Liaise regularly with teachers, heads of department, and parents/carers regarding student progress, ILPs, and feedback.

Technology: Assist in maximizing the use of ICT in the learning process under the direction of the teacher.

Cover Coverage: Occasionally supervise whole classes during short-term absences of teachers.

Exam Invigilation Assist with the invigilation of internal and external examination and assessments as required

Northern Education Trust offers:

• The opportunity to work and progress across the family of schools, should you wish in the future;
• The chance to apply for leadership roles in the Deeps structure taking on a whole school leadership project;
• The support and expertise of Director of Subjects.
• A full and detailed programme of support and development for all;
• A further comprehensive programme of professional development, including leadership, provided through the NET Staff College.

Employee benefits

• Free flu vaccinations
• Free onsite parking
• High quality continuous professional development
• Occupational sick pay, maternity and paternity pay
• Access to the generous Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Employee Assistance Programme

In accordance with Keeping Children Safe in Education 2026, an online search will be completed on all shortlisted applicants prior to interview. Any relevant information will be discussed further with the applicant during the interview process.

The Trust is committed to considering flexible working requests.

The Trust is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. All posts are subject to enhanced disclosure and barring service checks. We expect all adults to share our commitment to safeguarding and the health and wellbeing of our pupils.

For more information, please contact Ms Andrea Thompson, Business Manager at [e-mail]

Closing date: Midnight on Sunday 1st November 2026