Teaching Assistant x 4 posts - Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time - term time plus specified days
Advert Start Date:
08/10/2026
Advert End Date:
06/11/2026 09:00
Salary:
£23,529 Actual Salary (0.86 FTE)
Hours per week:
37hrs TT+5
Job Category:
Schools - Teaching Assistant
Employment Location:
Northumberland PRU, Pitt Lane, Seghill
Further Information
There is an exciting opportunity to join the Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit, at a time of change, growth and development. The school received its most recent Ofsted inspection in May 2025 and was judged to have maintained its high standards of good across all aspects of the framework from the previous inspection. The school relocated in January 2023 to a new premises in Seghill and also expanded to provide educational provision for both KS3 and KS4 pupils. Our student roll has also increased to a maximum capacity of 70 pupils.
Further expansion involving the planned opening of a second site to accommodate up to 40 pupils in the west of the county will take place from 1 st November 2026.
Please note that this position is for employment across one or both sites as required.
Our vision is one of ‘Inclusion in its broadest sense’ in which we aim to provide a high quality educational and therapeutic community, which offers life-changing opportunities in preparation for adulthood, within a safe, creative and exciting environment. All students have their Learning, Social and Community Capital baselined, with an ambitious structured personalised programme to close gaps in academic and social norms, ensuring that all students are ready for the next stage in their lives. This underpins a broad, balanced and ambitious curriculum dependent upon each individual students’ personalised pathway for learning.
This role requires a colleague who can:
- provide a high quality education support service to service users and in accordance with Northumberland PRU policies, procedures and practices and the standards set by the Management Committee.
- support the class teacher in order to ensure the delivery of a high quality education for all pupils
- support the class teacher to ensure that all relevant education policies and procedures are implemented in full
- provide relevant and appropriate support to pupils, on an individual or group basis, in order to enable them to access the curriculum as independently as possible
- promote, in line with Northumberland PRU policies, the physical, educational and moral development of the pupils
- ensure that the available equipment and resources are used, stored and maintained efficiently, reporting any maintenance issues to the appropriate staff
And can demonstrate:
- proven successful experience of working with SEMH pupils and pupils with a range of SEN, including ASC and ADHD.
- an understanding of how trauma and loss may impact on pupil progress.
- has high expectations of themselves and the pupils they support.
- an innovative and creative approach to the curriculum that ensures pupil engagement.
- supporting a positive learning environment in which pupils can succeed.
- the commitment to work alongside and value and respect the contribution of parents and carers in the education of their children.
- a contribution to wider school life.
- considerable resilience in the face of frequent challenging behaviour
This is an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to develop their practice in a supportive and aspirational environment.
Applications from colleagues from all subject backgrounds are welcome.
The successful applicants will benefit from significant support from the Senior Leadership team and Management Committee. A personalised CPD package will be provided to support your transition into the school and to further career development.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff to share this commitment. An enhanced criminal records check is required for this post.
Further information about the school can be found on our website.
An application pack can be downloaded via the north east jobs page or by admin@pru.northumberland.sch.uk
Letters of application, outlining what skills and experiences you have to date that will make you the ideal appointment and why you want to work at Northumberland Pupil Referral Unit, along with a completed application form should be returned directly to the school by post and/or by e-mail admin@pru.northumberland.sch.uk, no later than 9am on Friday 6th November 2026
Successful shortlisted candidates will be contacted individually to inform them of their interview, which will take place wb 16th November 2026