TA2s (Teaching Assistants) and TA1s (Care Assistants) - Hope Wood Academy
Job Summary
Contract Type:
Please See Advert Text
Working Pattern:
Please see advert text
Advert Start Date:
20/10/2026
Advert End Date:
04/11/2026 09:00
Salary:
£22,523 - £23,610
Hours per week:
Varied - please see advert text
Job Category:
Schools - Teaching Assistant
Employment Location:
Hope Wood Academy - SR8 3LP
Further Information
The Ascent Academies’ Trust was founded in 2012 and is a family of six special academies in the North East of England, over four different local authorities. We are a collaborative group of academies who work closely with one another in order to achieve the best outcomes for our young people. As a result, our academies have improved year on year and all academies are currently at least Good from an Ofsted rating, with some individual areas rated Outstanding.
This is an exciting time to join our Trust as we look to set out our next steps in creating brilliant schools. We are an ethical Trust whose vision and values are aligned to equality and diversity, collaboration and lifelong learning.
As our family of schools continue to grow, we recognise that this presents potential opportunities for professionals who share our vision of building brighter futures for our young people with SEND. We have sites based in Sunderland, Billingham, Easington, Peterlee, Ripon, Bedale and Harrogate (Starbeck) with vacancies arising at different times of the year and as a result of this we offer candidates the opportunity to join our 'Active Talent Pool'. If you meet our high standards at the assessment stage but you wish to wait for a role in a specific academy, we will retain your details for three months. This ensures that as soon as a position opens in your preferred location, we can move quickly to welcome you onboard to our family of schools.
Please note that by joining our talent pool, you consent to Ascent Academies' trust securely storing your application and interview notes for a period of three month. We will contact you directly should a suitable vacancy arise at your preferred location during this time.
The advert is open for support staff to be based at our Hope Wood Site.
Salary information
TA1 Grade C £22,523 - £22,874 actual paid salary for working 37 hours per week/ 39 weeks per year.
TA2 Grade D £23,242 - £23,610 actual paid salary for working 37 hours per week/ 39 weeks per year
What we need:
• A commitment to and a passion for building a brighter future for young people with Special Educational Needs
• Someone who will embrace being part of a family of schools, sharing good practice and collaborating with others across a Trust.
• An enthusiastic and positive approach within the classroom part of the wider school and family of schools
• Commitment to own professional development and to enhance those of others in order that we can respond to the needs of our young people
• Consistently high expectations and aspirations for our young people and yourself
• A commitment to fresh and exciting methods to assist the delivery of the curriculum
• A relentless drive to secure the best possible outcomes for all young people in our academies
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Complete commitment to the core values of Ascent
We can offer you:
• An opportunity to work with highly-skilled professionals who love what they do
• Chance to work with our amazing young people and their families
• Excellent career development and progression opportunities
• Comprehensive induction programme
• Opportunity to work across all ages and abilities within the Trust
• Opportunity to work in settings which value multi-disciplinary ways of working
• Access to a range of subject and SEND specific networks, regionally and nationally
• An exciting and extensive commitment to high quality professional development, identified through a strong appraisal process
• A comprehensive wellbeing and support package for staff
This is an exceptional opportunity to make a difference within a positive and exciting environment. If you share our community’s ethos of diversity and collaboration, then we would be delighted to hear from you. To apply for these posts please click on 'Apply Now' and login to/ create your NEJobs Account.
The Job Description and Person Specification for the post can be viewed in the Supporting Documents section of this advert.
Should you have any questions about this post please email Glen Richardson grichardson@ascenttrust.org in the first instance.
To apply for this post, please click on APPLY NOW and you will be taken to our application platform SAM people Recruit.
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