Teaching Assistant- Shipley

Teaching Assistant – Permanent
Shipley
Competitive salary (depending on experience and qualifications)
Full-time, Permanent
Start Date: September 2026 (or sooner for the right person)

Calling all Teaching Assistants, aspiring teachers, and passionate education professionals

We’re working with an outstanding secondary school in Bradford that’s looking for a permanent Teaching Assistant to join their team. This is the kind of school people stay in — supportive leadership, brilliant behaviour, and students who actually want to learn. Yes, really.

This is a fantastic opportunity to support young people in a thriving school environment, helping students to overcome barriers to learning and achieve their full potential. Whether you're an experienced Teaching Assistant or looking to take the next step in your education career, the school is keen to meet enthusiastic individuals who can make a real difference.

What makes this school stand out?

✅ Outstanding leadership and a genuinely supportive SLT
✅ A welcoming and collaborative staff team
✅ Strong behaviour systems, allowing you to focus on supporting learning
✅ Excellent CPD and progression opportunities
✅ Opportunities to gain valuable classroom experience and develop professionally
✅ A school community that values both staff and students

The role:

You’ll be:
• Supporting students across KS3 and KS4 in lessons and around school
• Working closely with teachers to help deliver engaging learning experiences
• Providing targeted support to individuals and small groups of students
• Helping students build confidence, independence, and resilience
• Supporting the wider school community and contributing to a positive learning environment

What we’re looking for:

• Experience working with young people in education, coaching, youth work, care, or similar settings
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• A patient, proactive, and supportive approach
• A genuine passion for helping young people succeed
• Graduates and aspiring teachers are warmly encouraged to apply

And if you’re Thrive trained, even better. If not, no worries, we can help with that too. Protocol Education offers free Thrive training to help you build even more confidence supporting pupils’ emotional wellbeing in the classroom

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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