Early Years Teaching Assistant

Early Years Teaching Assistants are required for an exciting opportunity to work with a Trust of Catholic schools in the Gateshead area which we are working with as a company.

The successful candidate will have a Teaching Assistant Qualification at Level 3 or higher.

You will be able to select your preference of short to medium term, or long term supply opportunities. This is a fantastic group of Catholic Schools with supportive and friendly staff and managers. As these schools have chosen to partner with us as a company, you can expect to be regularly booked and to be invited to CPD, get to know staff and pupils and feel part of the staff and valued.

The ideal Early Years Teaching Assistant candidate would:

• Have excellent skills supporting the teaching and facilitating the learning of the children


• Have a passion for supporting the learning of the children


• Have excellent subject knowledge of the early years curriculum 


• Be able to organise themselves


• Have a knowledge of learning through play


• Possess sound knowlege of supporting the teaching of phonics eg; letters and sounds, Sounds Write, Read Write Inc, Little wandle etc...

In addition, you must:

• Provide two referees we can contact

• Have a DBS form or be prepared to obtain one

Premier Teachers Ltd is a teacher run agency based in Sunderland. We provide a supply and permanent placement service to schools in the North East and Teesside area. We are very friendly, incredibly supportive and we offer training on site or in house to help to move your career on. We ensure that all teachers are compliant with our safeguarding procedures before being placed in our clients schools.

We offer a highly efficient service and we are contactable 24/7. You will receive prompt weekly payment and provided requirements are met, statutory sick pay if required.

To apply, please email your CV with no gaps in more than 3 months.