Teaching Assistant in Newly Developed School

Looking for a role where no two days are the same and you can help young people build skills for life?

Protocol Education is recruiting Teaching Assistants for a specialist school in Croydon. The role involves supporting pupils with a range of needs, including autism, speech and language difficulties, and cognitive difficulties.

You’ll provide one-to-one support while working as part of a small class team. Pupils are taught in classes of around six to eight, and you may support learners across early years, primary or secondary age groups.

Learning takes place through a varied programme of activities. You could support pupils in lessons such as music, art, PE and cooking, as well as activities including swimming. You’ll help pupils develop communication, vocabulary, social and coordination skills, and have opportunities to work alongside the school’s therapy teams, including speech and language therapy and on-site canine-assisted therapy.

The role

Full-time, Monday to Friday

Hours: 8:30am to 4:15pm

Based in Croydon, with good transport links

Long-term opportunity

One-to-one support within small classes

A varied role supporting pupils of different ages

Training available during the role

We’re looking for people who are

Passionate about helping children and young people learn

Patient, positive and encouraging

Strong communicators who can build trusting relationships

Able to motivate pupils and support them to join in and develop

Previous experience is welcome, but not essential. We’re keen to hear from people who have a genuine interest in supporting pupils with special educational needs and the right qualities for the role.

What Protocol Education offers

Competitive pay

Free ongoing professional development, including Team Teach and webinars

Friendly, honest support from a dedicated team

PAYE employment, with no umbrella company deductions

If you’re looking for a rewarding challenge, apply now or email your CV to .

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQs on the Protocol Education website for further 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.

Protocol Education is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with the 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 FREE online safeguarding and Prevent Duty training to all our workers. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and subscribe to the DBS Update Service.

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