Creative Teaching Assistant - Merton

Protocol Education Ltd; Merton; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Experienced consultant

Free training to support you in your  

No umbrella companies

Competitive pay

Job summary

Protocol Education are recruiting teaching assistants from creative backgrounds to work in an outstanding school in Merton starting from Sept 2026. You will have the opportunity to work with Early Years, primary and secondary students and receive training throughout the role.

No experience is required, but commitment, passion and dedication are key attributes the school is looking for. You will work in small classes of 6–8 and help develop speech, language, vocabulary and literacy through visual

Qualifications

• No experience is required for this role, but commitment, passion and dedication are key attributes.

Responsibilities

• Work with students across early years, primary and secondary to develop speech & language, vocabulary and comprehension using visual resources.
• Support numeracy and literacy in core subjects.
• Assist in creative lessons such as art, music, cooking and sensory play.
• Work in small class sizes of 6–8 students and provide one-to-one support when needed.

Skills

Commitment

Passion

Dedication

Job description

Overview

Protocol Education are currently recruiting teaching assistants from creative backgrounds to work in an outstanding school in merton to start from Sept 2026. This school offers teachings assistants the opportunity to work all ages such as early years, primary and secondary students and will provide training throughout the role. This particular school are looking for individuals who enjoy working with children of all ages, comfortable working with special needs and are passionate about making a positive impact in students learning and development. No experience is required, but commitment, passion and dedication are key attributes the school are looking for. As a teaching assistant you will be working in small class sizes of 6 - 8 students per class where you will follow a set curriculum developing speech & language, teach vocabulary and comprehension through visual resources, support students in cores subjects such as numeracy and literacy and assist in creative lessons such as art, music, cooking and sensory play.

The role

• Monday to Friday
• A yearlong role, offering flexibility
• Working with special needs such as autism, speech & language and learning difficulties
• Working with students in a set class of 6 - 8 students per class
• Developing students’ communication and social awareness
• Opportunity to develop students learning on a one-to-one basis
• Assisting in key subjects such as tailored numeracy & literacy
• Supporting students in creative lessons such as art, music, and cooking

Benefits

• Experienced consultant
• Free training to support you in your role
• No umbrella companies
• Competitive pay

All applications will be considered, and all suitable applications will be contacted within 24hrs.

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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