Teaching Assistant Level 4

Job Summary

Contract Type: Permanent
Working Pattern: Please see advert text
Advert Start Date: 02/04/2026
Advert End Date: 15/05/2026 09:00
Salary: £17,967 to £19,313 (Grade I, SCP 19 to 22)
Job Category: Schools - Teaching Assistant
Vacancy ID: 294397
Employment Location: Stockton-On-Tees
Number of posts: 1
Closing date: 15 May

Further Information

Teaching Assistant Level 4

Job Title: Teaching Assistant Level 4
Location: Levendale Primary School
Start Date: 1st September 2026
Actual Salary: £17,967 to £19,313 (Grade I, SCP 19 to 22)
Hours of Work: 24 hours per week, term time plus 5 days (Monday to Friday)
Contract Type: Permanent
Closing Date: 9.00am, Friday 15th May 2026
Interviews: w/c Monday 18th May 2026

About the Role

We seeking to appoint an experienced, enthusiastic, inspirational and highly motivated Teaching Assistant Level 4 to join our friendly and welcoming school. The role will involve working in several different classes to cover PPA and staff release time. The successful candidate will get PPA time to plan activities and will also support class teachers when not in a covering role.

The successful candidate will:

• Have high expectations of the children both in terms of achievement and behaviour and be committed to raising standards.
• Be able to work effectively as part of a team and independently using their own initiative.
• Have experience of working across a range of different year groups.
• Believe passionately in creating an outstanding learning environment and opportunities to ensure all children achieve and make the best possible progress
• Have a talent for bringing learning alive and be successful in securing children's excitement for learning.
• Be able to communicate effectively with children, staff and parents.
• Have good Literacy and Numeracy skills.
• Meet HLTA standards or equivalent qualification or experience.
• Have a good understanding of the national curriculum framework and differentiation

About Us

We are a recently merged Trust, [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] which currently consists of 11 Primary Schools and 4 Secondary Schools. The [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] can offer you a professional challenge and a rewarding opportunity, working with collaborative schools that are passionate about the progress and development of every student.

What we have:

• A positive and caring ethos and working atmosphere
• Friendly children, eager to learn and achieve
• An aspirational curriculum for all students
• A committed, enthusiastic and supportive staff team
• Excellent support from the Governing Body, the staff and parents/carers
• Opportunities for career development

For further details on us as an organisation, please click here: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]
For further information on the school, please click here: https://levendale.org.uk

How to Apply

Application forms and further details are available on the Trust’s website: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

Please make sure that the application form is completed and returned via email to [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal], addressed to Mrs J Lewis, Headteacher.

Please note that feedback will only be given to shortlisted candidates, if you do not receive an invite to interview within 30 days of the advert’s closing date assume that you have been unsuccessful in your application for this post.

Safeguarding Notice

The [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is committed to safer recruitment practice and pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. The post you are applying for is exempt from the rehabilitation of offender’s act 1974. We will also carry out an online search on shortlisted candidates to help identify any incidents or issues that are publicly available online.

Levendale Primary School is committed to safeguarding, for further information on the school’s Safeguarding and Child Protection Policy please click here: Levendale-Safeguarding-and-Child-Protection-Policy-2025.pdf

Closing date: 9.00am, Friday 15th May 2026
Interviews to be held: w/c Monday 18th May 2026