Supply Teaching Assistant

Academics are currently looking for experienced Primary Teaching Assistants for short and long-term opportunities within our partnership schools. Working across Stoke-on-Trent & Staffordshire can be diversified, meaning that we work with an assortment of schools that have different requirements to suit.

We are proud to say that here at Academics we have had a strong record of placing many of our Teaching Assistants into permanent work following a successful period of long term supply within our primary schools.

Responsibilities of a Teaching Assistant:

• Supporting the teacher with the delivery of the lesson.
• Preparing the classroom for lessons, such as setting up equipment.
• Managing behaviour and engaging learners with their own learning.
• Working with learners either 1-2-1 or in a small groups.
• Committed to support both the teacher and the learners to succeed.

For this role, applicants who apply must:

• Have previous experience of working with children in a primary school or educational setting in the UK.
• Hold confident communication skills and will be an excellent motivator in the classroom.
• Have strong behaviour management skills with the ability to support learners in both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.
• Be happy to travel and to be able to get to our partnership schools in Stoke-on-Trent by