PMLD Teaching Assistant

Job Title: PMLD Teaching Assistant
Location: Gateshead
Salary: £89–£110 per day
Contract: Full-time, Long-Term
Start Date: September 2025

Looking for a role where patience, empathy, and care are everything?

We’re working with a Gateshead primary school that puts inclusion at the heart of everything. They believe every child deserves the right support to thrive and they’re looking for a dedicated PMLD Teaching Assistant who’s calm, caring, and confident working with pupils with profound and multiple learning difficulties.

In this role, you’ll be part of a truly supportive team, making a real impact every day by helping pupils access learning, develop communication, and grow in confidence. If you’ve got experience in specialist settings, or you’ve supported children or adults with complex needs personally, this could be the role where your skills really shine.

Your role will include:

• Providing personalised 1:1 care and learning support for pupils with PMLD

• Supporting pupils with physical needs, sensory processing, and communication

• Working closely with teachers, therapists, and families to deliver tailored support

• Promoting dignity, independence, and positive relationships

Why this school?

• A team that values calm, proactive support and celebrates small steps of progress

• Specialist training provided, with a leadership team that champions SEND provision

• A genuinely caring environment with a focus on wellbeing for pupils and staff

What you’ll need:

• Experience supporting individuals with PMLD, complex needs, or profound disabilities (personal or professional)

• A patient, empathetic approach and a can-do attitude

• Willingness to assist with personal care and physical support where needed

• A belief in every learner’s potential to grow

At Protocol Education, we’ll support you with ongoing CPD, access to our Thrive training, and a team that really values what you do.

Apply now, we’d love to help you find your next meaningful role.

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.

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