Job Title: PPA Teacher
Location: Whickham
Hours: Full-time, Monday – Friday
Start: September
Pay: £135–£200 per day (dependent on experience)

PPA Teacher

Are you a passionate and adaptable Primary Teacher looking for your next opportunity? Do you enjoy teaching across different year groups and delivering engaging lessons that inspire pupils to achieve their best? Milk Education is working in partnership with a welcoming primary school in Whickham to appoint a PPA Teacher to join their dedicated team from September.

PPA Teacher – Key Responsibilities

Teaching & Learning

• Deliver engaging and effective lessons across a range of primary year groups
• Follow school planning to ensure continuity of learning
• Adapt teaching to meet the needs of all learners, including pupils with SEND
• Create a positive, inclusive, and stimulating classroom environment
• Assess learning and provide feedback in line with school expectations

Pupil Support & Wellbeing

• Promote positive behaviour and maintain high expectations throughout the school
• Build positive relationships with pupils to support both academic and personal development
• Ensure all pupils feel safe, valued, and encouraged to achieve their full potential

Teamwork & Professional Practice

• Work collaboratively with teachers, teaching assistants, and school leaders
• Follow safeguarding procedures and school policies at all times
• Contribute positively to the wider school community
• Communicate effectively with colleagues to ensure smooth handovers between classes

PPA Teacher – Essential Criteria

• Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
• Recent and relevant UK primary teaching experience
• Confidence teaching across a range of primary year groups
• Strong classroom and behaviour management skills
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• A flexible, enthusiastic, and child-centred approach to teaching and learning
• Must live locally to Whickham or the surrounding area—no relocation

PPA Teacher – Why Work with Milk Education?

Milk Education are an eco-friendly, purpose-driven supply agency, driven to make a change, with a mission to be the MOST REWARDING agency to work both with and for.

Benefits to YOU:

• Excellent rates of pay
• Health and wellbeing support
• Free lesson plans
• 24/7 access to your personal consultant
• Training support sessions
• Referral programme
• Support and guidance if you wish to progress into a permanent role

PPA Teacher – Apply Now

If you're ready to make a positive impact across a welcoming primary school in Whickham, we'd love to hear from you.

Please email your CV to: elena.stain@milk-education.co.uk

Milk Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. We are APSCo Compliance+ accredited, meeting the highest standards in safer recruitment. All applicants will be subject to compliance checks in line with DfE, Keeping Children Safe in Education and APSCo guidelines.

Milk Education is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age. By applying, you agree to our Privacy Policy, available on our website. Milk Education is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy.

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