Trainee Teaching Assistant – Secondary School – Gateshead
If you’re ready to take your first step into education and want experience working with older pupils, this Trainee Teaching Assistant role in a Gateshead secondary school could be a brilliant place to start. The school is looking for someone motivated, friendly and keen to learn alongside experienced staff.
What the role involves as a Trainee Teaching Assistant
You’ll support teachers across different subjects, learning how to assist pupils in lessons, help with routines and offer encouragement where it’s needed most. You don’t need previous school experience, just enthusiasm, patience and a willingness to get stuck in.
This is a great route for anyone interested in progressing into a full TA role, SEND support, youth work or teacher training in the future.
What you’ll pick up along the way as a Trainee Teaching Assistant
- How to support pupils aged 11 to 16 during lessons
- Strategies for building rapport with young people
- Ways to help pupils stay focused, organised and confident
- Positive behaviour management techniques
- How to work as part of a wider pastoral and teaching team
You’ll be supported by staff who are genuinely invested in your development and want you to grow in confidence week by week.
You’ll thrive in this Trainee Teaching Assistant role if you are
- Patient, approachable and great with young people
- Looking to gain practical experience in a secondary setting
- Keen to learn from experienced teachers and support staff
- Confident communicating with a range of learners
- Willing to complete an enhanced DBS check
What Protocol Education provides
- Weekly PAYE pay, with no umbrella fees
- Free online CPD including SEND basics, behaviour support and safeguarding
- A dedicated consultant who knows Gateshead schools well
- Referral bonuses
- Opportunities to progress into long-term TA or SEND roles
About Us
Protocol Education is part of the Supporting Education Group, a collection of specialist organisations working together to improve outcomes for pupils. Being part of SEG means better training, wider expertise and more opportunities for career development. We partner with secondary schools across Gateshead to place enthusiastic trainees who are ready to make a positive difference. Our approach is friendly, supportive and always people-first.
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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