English Graduate Teaching Assistant

Inspire a love of reading, writing and learning.

Have you recently graduated with an English degree and are looking to gain classroom experience before becoming a teacher?

Protocol Education is recruiting English Graduates to support secondary schools and specialist provisions across Sunderland.

This is an excellent opportunity to develop your teaching skills while supporting pupils with literacy, communication, SEND and additional learning needs. Graduate Teaching Assistant roles provide valuable experience for anyone considering a PGCE or a career in education.

• Full-time
• September start
• Monday-Friday
• 8:30am-3:30pm or 8:30am-4:30pm
• Term-time only
• Long-term opportunity

• Supporting English lessons across KS3 and KS4
• Delivering literacy interventions
• Working 1:1 with pupils requiring additional support
• Encouraging reading, writing and communication
• Supporting pupils with SEND
• Assisting teachers with classroom activities

• An English degree
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• A passion for education
• Confidence working with young people
• A positive, enthusiastic attitude

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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