Graduate Teaching Assistant
- Teaching Assistant
- Wigan
- Full Time
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Are you a graduate looking to build a career in teaching or education?
This exciting opportunity offers you the chance to gain valuable classroom experience in both primary and secondary school settings. Whether you’re aspiring to be a teacher or looking to support students in a wider capacity, this role is perfect for building skills and progressing towards a teacher training course or other roles in education.
Key Details:
- Graduate Teaching Assistants required for both primary and secondary schools.
- Full-time positions starting ASAP (Full-time and flexible work available)
- Temporary employment for the remainder of the academic year.
- Competitive pay with daily rates starting at £85 per day.
- Ideal experience ahead of a future PGCE or other teacher training course.
- Access to extensive training and professional development opportunities.
What to Expect:
As a Graduate Teaching Assistant, every day will offer new challenges and learning experiences. You will:
- Support class teachers in mainstream settings, ensuring pupils understand and engage with the work set.
- Provide 1:1 support for students who may need extra help, including those with special educational needs (SEN) or those struggling with behaviour expectations.
- Deliver small group intervention and catch-up sessions to help students achieve their learning targets.
Cover lessons in the absence of the class teacher, giving you valuable experience for future teaching roles. Full support will be provided by the school and training can be provided by TP for this also.
These positions offer fantastic opportunities in schools across Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan, and surrounding areas such as St Helens, Salford, Leigh, and Chorley. With schools consistently rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted, this is your chance to work in a supportive and progressive environment.
Why Apply?
Gain key experience working with students from primary and secondary schools.
Access state-of-the-art training from both the school and Teaching Personnel to support your career growth. Use this as a platform to gain paid experience that will set you up for a successful PGCE/Teacher training programme in the future.
To register your interest in these Graduate Teaching Assistant positions, please send your up-to-date CV using the contact details below or call the Wigan and Warrington branch on 01942 355 059.
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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