Graduate Teaching Assistant

Position: Graduate Teaching Assistant

Start date: September 2025

Location: County Durham

Contract: Full time (Temp to Perm)

Salary: £90-100 a day (Dependent on experience)

Are you a recent graduate eager to nurture and motivate young learners with genuine enthusiasm for education? Teaching Personnel seeks a Graduate Teaching Assistant to collaborate effectively with educational teams and students. This position offers valuable hands-on teaching experience in schools throughout County Durham.

Role responsibilities include:

• Establishing an encouraging and positive learning atmosphere that promotes development and enthusiasm
• Delivering group and individual student assistance
• Working alongside teachers to provide optimal educational support
• Utilizing and developing subject expertise throughout your classroom placement

Our ideal applicant has:

• Relevant degree qualification or equivalent (education degree preferred though not required)
• Prior classroom/student support experience (beneficial but not mandatory)
• DBS clearance (or willingness to obtain)
• Capacity for teamwork and professional collaboration
• Excellent communication abilities
• Commitment to upholding effective classroom management and student conduct standards

Why join Teaching Personnel?:

• We offer flexible employment arrangements (full-time, part-time)
• Guidance from experienced education specialist consultants.
• Access to various school placement opportunities.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for 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.
Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with 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 all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.
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