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Do you have the confidence and resilience to make a real difference to young people who need a different approach to education?

Protocol Education is recruiting a Higher Level Teaching Assistant to work within a welcoming PRU in Ferryhill from September 2026.

This role is ideal for an experienced TA or HLTA who understands that building relationships is just as important as delivering learning. You’ll support pupils with a range of SEND and SEMH needs, helping them overcome barriers to learning and develop the confidence to succeed.

The Role

• Full-time, Monday-Friday
• September 2026 start
• Hours between 8:30am-3:30pm and 8:30am-4:30pm
• Term-time only
• Long-term position with potential for a permanent role

What you'll be doing

• Leading lessons and activities independently
• Covering classes when teachers are unavailable
• Delivering personalised interventions
• Supporting pupils with SEND and SEMH needs
• Helping pupils regulate emotions and manage behaviour
• Encouraging positive engagement with education
• Differentiating activities to meet individual needs
• Creating a calm and structured learning environment
• Working alongside teachers and support staff

About you

We're looking for someone who is:

• An experienced Teaching Assistant or HLTA
• Confident managing challenging behaviour
• Resilient and emotionally intelligent
• Patient, consistent and approachable
• Comfortable working with pupils who may display challenging behaviours
• Passionate about helping young people overcome barriers
• Confident leading learning and interventions

Experience within a PRU, SEMH setting, specialist school or challenging mainstream environment would be highly beneficial.

Why Protocol Education?

• Competitive daily pay
• Weekly PAYE pay
• FREE CPD and safeguarding training
• Dedicated education consultant
• Long-term and permanent opportunities
• £50 Refer a Friend scheme

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.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’, this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants.
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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