Graduate Teaching Assistant

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Location: Hackney, London

Sector: Primary

Job Type: Full Time- Term time only

Salary: pay to scale (dependent on experience)

Starts: September 2025

Are you a recent graduate looking to begin your career in education? A Vibrant school with and Ofsted “Good” rating located in Hackney, London is seeking a dedicated, passionate and enthusiastic graduate teaching assistant to join their team.

This is an exciting opportunity for graduates considering a career in education, offering first-hand classroom experience and a chance to make a real impact on student’s learning and development.

About the role:

As a graduate teaching assistant, you will be:

• Assist teachers in delivering lessons.
• Provide 1:1 or small group support, particularly for students with any additional needs.
• Help students achieve their learning and personal development goals.
• Support students during break and lunch times.

Person specification:

• previous experience working with children or in a school environment.
• Can build strong relationships with students and staffs.
• Follow safeguarding protocols and prioritise student safety.
• Confident, enthusiastic, and committed to supporting young people.

Why join Us?

We work closely with a variety of schools to match talented educators with roles that suit their strengths and aspirations. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your career in education while making a lasting difference in children’s educational journey. You will also:

• Get a personal recruitment consultant.
• Gain access to ongoing professional development courses.
• Join an amazing school community and enjoy a healthy work-life balance.

All applicants must be willing to undergo vetting checks as part of the school’s commitment to Safeguarding and Anti-bullying. This will include:

• Enhanced DBS check on the Update Service (or willingness to apply through us)
• Two recent references (covering the past 24 months)
• Overseas Police Check (if applicable – for candidates who have lived outside the UK for 6+ months in the past 5 years)

The successful candidate will join a UNICEF ‘Rights respecting school’ where excellent guidance, support and care are paramount and pupil behaviour and attitudes to learning are good.

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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