Specialist Teaching Assistant – Level 2- Priory Woods School and Arts College
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Please see advert text
Advert Start Date:
09/10/2026
Advert End Date:
02/11/2026 09:00
Salary:
Scale points: Grade E point 8, Actual Salary: £22,642.13 (actual salary)
Job Category:
Schools - Teaching Assistant
Employment Location:
Middlesbrough
Further Information
Priory Woods School
Tothill Avenue
Netherfields
Middlesbrough
TS3 ORH
Tel: 01642 770540
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