Graduate Teaching Assistant

Sprint Education Recruitment; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly PAYE pay

Pension contributions

Compliance with AWR

Dedicated consultant

Job summary

Sprint Education Recruitment is seeking graduates for long-term Graduate Teaching Assistant roles in Leicester, supporting students with SEN in mainstream and specialist settings.

We place graduates into 1:1 or small-group support, requiring a psychology or related degree and a calm, patient approach. Right to work in the UK is required. Weekly PAYE pay and training in SEN are offered as part of long-term placements.

Qualifications

• Graduates or final year students in Psychology, Education, Sociology, Criminology or similar.
• Experience around children or young people, including volunteering, coaching or care work.
• Ability to communicate plainly and ask when unsure.
• Stable under pressure when students struggle but patient and supportive.

Responsibilities

• Supports students 1:1 or in small groups so they can take part in the lesson alongside their peers.
• Applies teaching strategies consistently as directed by staff.
• Adjusts task presentation without changing learning goals.
• Watches closely and reports what helps or hinders.
• Supports students during arrivals, transitions and less structured parts of the day.
• Learns from experienced staff, including therapists and specialists.

Skills

Communication

Plain speaking

Education

Psychology degree

Education or related subject

Job description

Graduate Teaching Assistant Leicester, Long-Term SEN Support Roles

A psychology degree gives you the theory on attachment, development and behaviour. What it doesn't give you is any sense of what those things look like at half past nine on a Tuesday, in a real classroom, with a real student. Working as a Graduate Teaching Assistant is where that gap closes.

Sprint Education Recruitment places graduates into long-term teaching assistant roles across Leicester, supporting students with SEN and complex needs in mainstream and specialist settings, including primary, secondary and alternative provision. If you're after a long-term placement rather than day-to-day cover, we'd like to hear from you.

We work across Leicester and the surrounding towns, so whether you're in the city, Loughborough, Hinckley or Wigston, it's worth showing your interest.

What a Graduate Teaching Assistant does day to day

• Supports students 1:1 or in small groups so they can take part in the lesson alongside their peers
• Applies the strategies set by teaching staff and the SENCO consistently, day after day
• Adjusts how a task is presented without changing what's being learned
• Watches closely and reports back what helps and what doesn't
• Supports students through arrivals, transitions and less structured parts of the day
• Learns from experienced staff, including therapists and specialists where they're involved

Who this tends to suit

• Graduates, or final year students, in Psychology, Education, Sociology, Criminology or similar
• Anyone who's spent time around children or young people, including volunteering, coaching or care work
• People who communicate plainly and are comfortable asking when they don't know something
• Those who stay steady when a student is struggling, rather than rushing to fix it
• Candidates available for full-time, long-term or permanent work
• You'll need the right to work in the UK

What we offer

Weekly PAYE pay. A consultant who'll describe a setting honestly before you go there. Training in SEN and behaviour support as you build experience. Long-term placements, because most of what you'll learn only becomes visible over weeks. A good number of the graduates we place go on to permanent placements, teacher training, educational psychology or therapy routes.

Why Sprint?

If you're looking to work as a teacher in a mainstream classroom, providing day-to-day supply cover, we're probably not the agency for you. But if you're passionate about supporting students with additional needs and want a long-term role as an SEN Teaching Assistant, where you can build consistency and see the impact of your work every day, that's exactly what we do.

Salary is dependent on experience, training, or qualifications. The minimum experience, training or qualifications required for this position is previous experience working in a school setting.

Sprint Education Recruitment is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. We take our responsibilities extremely seriously. All staff we register will undertake thorough interviewing and referencing checks and hold, or be prepared to undergo, an Enhanced DBS check that must be registered on the Update Service.

About Sprint Education Recruitment

Sprint Education Recruitment is a market leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. Specialists in SEND support for mainstream and SEN schools.

What Sprint Education Recruitment offer

• Excellent daily rates paid weekly by using the Pay As You Earn (PAYE) system.
• Pension contributions (subject to a qualifying period).
• Full compliance with AWR (Agency Workers' Regulations), to make sure you get the pay and working conditions you are entitled to.
• Access to a dedicated consultant, who will provide ongoing support.

Sprint Education Recruitment do not discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community.