Primary Teaching Assistant

Primary Teaching Assistant

Location: Shropshire
Start Date: Immediate starts available, plus long-term roles from September
Contract: Part-time and full-time opportunities
Salary: Competitive, dependent on experience

Brilliant Teaching Assistants deserve brilliant schools. Luckily, we know a few.

We’re working with welcoming primary schools across Shropshire looking for experienced Teaching Assistants ready to jump into rewarding roles now and for September starts. Whether you love supporting phonics groups, helping children build confidence, or being the calm voice during a slightly chaotic glue-stick emergency, we’d love to hear from you.

These roles would suit experienced Primary Teaching Assistants who know how to build positive relationships, support learning, and bring a little warmth and patience to every school day.

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting children across EYFS, KS1 or KS2
• Working alongside class teachers to keep learning engaging and accessible
• Providing 1:1 support and small group interventions
• Helping children build confidence both academically and socially
• Supporting classroom routines and behaviour management
• Being part of a friendly school team that genuinely values support staff

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Have previous experience as a Primary Teaching Assistant
• Are confident supporting pupils across different primary age groups
• Bring patience, positivity, and a proactive attitude
• Can build strong relationships with pupils and staff
• Have experience supporting SEND needs, interventions, or classroom learning
• Thrive in busy school environments where every day looks a little different

Why work with Protocol Education?

• Weekly PAYE pay, no umbrella companies
• FREE access to our online CPD Academy
• Flexible part-time and full-time opportunities
• Friendly, dedicated consultant support
• Opportunities in mainstream and SEND settings
• Streamlined registration and local placements
• Referral scheme rewards for recommending friends and colleagues

If you’re looking for a role where your support genuinely makes a difference, we’d love to help you find the right school fit.

Apply today and let’s find you a role that makes the school run feel worth it.

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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