Teaching Jobs

Enhanced Teaching Assistant

Durham County Council • Durham, County Durham

Salary

£25k – £30k

Posted

16 October 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

Durham County Council is hiring a Enhanced Teaching Assistant in Durham, a full-time teaching role. The advertised salary is £25k – £30k. Durham County Council holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: Durham County Council — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £25k – £30k
How this salary compares: about 9% below the £32,864 median across 1,681 teaching roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Durham, County Durham · Full-time
Similar roles nearby: 3 other live teaching roles in Durham — browse them
Posted: 16 October 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

About this sector

Teaching roles in secondary and further education are eligible for the Skilled Worker visa, with particularly strong demand for STEM subject specialists, modern foreign language teachers, and SEN support staff. Both state academy trusts and independent schools appear on the Home Office sponsor register and recruit internationally.