Teaching Assistant – Blyth Area
Northumberland | Full-Time, Term Time | £90–£110 per day | Secondary Setting
Looking for a role where your support goes beyond the classroom? We’re working with a dynamic secondary school in the Blyth area that’s big on ambition and even bigger on impact.
This school doesn’t settle for “good enough”—and neither should you. With a focus on high expectations, respect, and resilience, you’ll be joining a team where every student is encouraged to aim high and achieve more. And your role? To help make that happen, one learner at a time.
Your day-to-day will include:
✔️ Supporting students across a range of lessons and learning needs
✔️ Providing 1:1 or small group interventions where needed
✔️ Promoting independence, confidence, and positive behaviour
✔️ Collaborating with a skilled and passionate staff team
What we’re looking for:
Someone calm, reliable, and positive
Experience with young people (in education, youth work or care settings)
A flexible approach and a real belief in every child’s potential
Bonus points if you’ve worked with SEN students or understand trauma-informed support
Why this school?
This is a school where students wear their values on their sleeves—respect, self-belief, and hard work drive everything. You’ll be supported by a strong leadership team, benefit from clear routines, and play a vital role in helping learners overcome barriers to success.
Protocol Education extras:
✅ Weekly pay through PAYE (no umbrella faff)
✅ FREE access to our CPD Academy—including behaviour and SEN modules
✅ Friendly, local consultant support from start to finish
✅ Pathways into longer-term or permanent roles
Apply now and help shape futures in a school that’s proud to raise aspirations—and smash expectations.
All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further details.
All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date.
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We offer FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.
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