SEN Teaching Assistant

Location: Wakefield
Job Type: Supply Teaching
Industry: Secondary Support
Reference: SENTAWF2025
Salary: £90 - 110 per day
Job Published: 6 days ago

SEN Teaching Assistants – Wakefield Secondary Schools

Looking for a role where no two days are the same? Want to make a real difference to young people’s lives while building your own skills and experience?

We’re searching for interactive, engaging individuals to join Wakefield secondary schools as SEN Teaching Assistants. You’ll be working closely with students who need extra support, helping them access learning, stay confident, and thrive in the classroom.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Supporting students with additional needs in lessons and around school

  • Bringing energy, patience, and creativity to help pupils engage

  • Working 1:1 or in small groups to break down barriers to learning

  • Teaming up with teachers and SENCOs to create positive learning environments

Why this role is brilliant for graduates (and career changers):

  • Build experience for teaching, psychology, or youth work careers

  • Develop communication, resilience, and problem-solving skills

  • Work in a role that’s hands-on, meaningful, and genuinely rewarding

  • Flexible opportunities to fit around your future plans

We’d love to hear from you if you’re:

  • Patient, proactive, and enthusiastic

  • Confident working with young people

  • Adaptable, with great communication skills

  • Looking for a role where you can bring your personality to the job

What you’ll get with Protocol Education:

  • Weekly pay through PAYE – no umbrella companies

  • FREE access to our CPD Academy, including SEN-specific training

  • Ongoing support from your local consultant

  • Roles in mainstream, SEND, and alternative provisions across Wakefield

  • A pathway into long-term school opportunities

If you’ve got the energy to engage and the heart to support, this could be the start of something amazing.

Apply today and become a SEN Teaching Assistant in Wakefield.

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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