Location: Lambeth, South London
️ Start Date: September 2025
Pay: Depending on experience
Contract Type: Full-Time | Permanent
Are you looking to start or continue your journey in education?
Protocol Education is working in partnership with a welcoming and vibrant school in Lambeth to recruit a Teaching Assistant for the 2025/26 academic year. This role is ideal for aspiring teachers, support workers, or anyone with a passion for helping children thrive.
About the Role:
As a Teaching Assistant, you’ll play a key role in supporting students and teachers in the classroom. Your responsibilities will include:
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Assisting the teacher in preparing and delivering lessons
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Supporting students with classwork, including literacy and numeracy
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Providing 1:1 or small group support for pupils who need additional help
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Promoting positive behaviour and a calm learning environment
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Helping with classroom organisation and resources
We’re Looking For Someone Who:
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Has previous experience working with children or young people (in a school, youth, or care setting)
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Is enthusiastic, patient, and committed to pupil development
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Has good communication skills and enjoys working as part of a team
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Holds a current DBS on the Update Service (or is willing to apply)
What Protocol Education Offers:
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Competitive weekly pay through PAYE (no umbrella company fees)
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Free CPD courses including behaviour management, safeguarding, and SEN awareness
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Ongoing support from a dedicated consultant based in South London
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Access to long-term and permanent opportunities
This is a fantastic opportunity to make a real difference in a school while gaining valuable classroom experience.
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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