Job Description

Job No - 2 x Level 1, Early Years Teaching Assistants, Durham Lane Primary School



Salary: 17188 (with pay award pending)



Closing Date: Tuesday 18th November 2025



Benefits and Grade


Level 1 APT 4 D / Main Pay Scale



Contract Details


Term time only

Temporary till end of March 2026



Contract Hours


30 hours per week



Disclosure

The school 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.



Interview Date

Friday 21st November 2025






2 x Level 1 Teaching Assistants in Early Years



At Durham Lane Primary School we are a family, a family built on positive partnerships between school, children, parents, governors, the local community and the wider world.



Durham Lane Primary School prides itself in ensuring it offers an outstanding education with the happiness and well-being of our children at its core. We aim to maintain a secure, caring and stimulating community in which children are encouraged to have respect for themselves and each other. Through quality teaching and learning, children are given the opportunity to develop individuality and responsibility and are challenged to achieve their full potential.



We believe it is important that we develop the whole child, nurturing the academic, creative, spiritual, aesthetic and social aspects equally. Self-discipline and acceptable codes of behaviour are valued and promoted.



We see our school as being at the heart of a larger community and we encourage our children to value and celebrate the diversities they encounter in this community and the wider world.



Everything we do is for our children.



We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic and hardworking Teaching Assistant who will have passion for making a difference.



This job is ideal for those individuals who are thinking on starting their career in education.



We are looking to appoint a teaching assistant to work in our wonderful primary school who:
Has some knowledge/experience of how to support children within a primary classroom; Has some understanding of the primary curriculum; Has a flexible approach and ability to work as part of a team; Has the ability to think on their feet and use their initiative; Is motivated, passionate and reflective about their work.


More Information


To obtain an application form and further information, please visit the school website. www.durhamlane.org.uk or please call Caroline Ennion, School Business Manager on 01642 780742 to book a visit to the school.



Completed application forms should be returned to recruitment@durhamlane.org.uk by 12 noon on the closing date.



Durham Lane Primary School

Amberley Way,

Eaglescliffe

TS16 0NG

Stockton on Tees