Teaching Assistant

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Want hands-on school experience in Gateshead?

This Teaching Assistant role gives you the full picture of school life — from breakfast club engagement to classroom support and structured social time at lunch (yes, that includes ping pong and PlayStation!).

You’ll help students stay focused, improve literacy and achieve their GCSE goals - all while building meaningful relationships.

If you’re confident, proactive and not afraid to join in, this is an amazing stepping stone.

Based in Gateshead, this structured and supportive secondary setting is looking for a TA who wants to be fully involved.

Here, staff:

• Sit and eat with students

• Actively chat at breakfast club

• Support lessons hands-on

• Referee ping pong at lunch

• Occasionally get challenged on PlayStation

It’s calm, organised and purposeful — but never cold or distant.

Bring your personality. They’ll help you grow the rest.

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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