Job Title: General Teaching Assistant
Location: Durham
Start Date: September 2025
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: £90-110 a day (dependent on experience)
Are you passionate about education? Do you want to support children in their learning journey? Teaching Personnel is looking for an enthusiastic Teaching assistant to support secondary students in schools across Durham.
What the role entails:
Interacting and engaging with pupils, to enhance their learning and support their wellbeing
Assisting teachers with managing classroom environment
Contributing to the creation of an inclusive and adaptive learning environment
Ability to support both individual students and groups, as needed
Requirements of the role:
Previous experience working with children/young people (ideal but not essential)
Ability to communicate effectively with both staff and students
Why Join Teaching Personnel?
Competitive pay (experience dependent)
Access to free training opportunities, such as THRIVE and Behaviour Management
Support from a team of dedicated consultants
If you’re ready to make a change, then get in touch and apply with Teaching Personnel today!
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.
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