Graduate Teaching Assistant

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Graduate Teaching Assistant

Location: York, North Yorkshire

Salary: £83 - £100 per day

Start Date: September 2025

Are you a recent graduate considering a career within the education sector?

Would you like to gain hands-on experience and earn a health salary?

If so, GSL Education would like to hear from you!

As a national independent recruitment provider, GSL Education supports Primary, Secondary and Special Educational Needs Schools with their staffing requirements. Whether you’re looking for full time work to kick-start your education career, or work part-time alongside further education studies, we can offer you the chance to gain hands-on experience, whilst earning a healthy daily salary.

About the School:

The school was graded by Ofsted as ‘Good’ in all areas, where all staff have high expectations of their pupils.

The school was also graded as “Outstanding” by SIAMS.

Established in the 1800s, the school proudly strives to provide a 21st century education for all their young people.

The school offers encouraging learning in a Christian environment, where all students are cared for, respected, and given chances to help others.

Home to state-of-the-art facilities, which promotes the school’s curriculum preparation for an appreciation of life in modern Britain.

Performing arts, music, dance, and drama, are an essential part of every student's education at both Key Stages 3 and 4.

The school currently works with students who have a wide range of additional needs, such as dyslexia, physical disabilities, issues with speech, language, and communication, conditions on the autism spectrum, more general learning difficulties, individuals with rare syndromes, impairments to hearing and vision, and attention deficit disorders.

As a Graduate Teaching Assistant with GSL Education, you will:

Have the opportunity to work in Secondary and Special Educational Needs School.

Support children and young people on a 1:1 and small group basis, promoting independent learning.

Supervise and provide learning activities for identified pupils, to promote social, emotional, and academic support.

Track progress of identified pupils and provide regular feedback to staff, parents, and carers.

Provide additional support and intervention within your specialist subject area.

Support with managing behaviour through the use of de-escalation techniques.

Graduate Teaching Assistant requirements:

Hold a degree at 2:2 classification or higher.

Have a genuine desire and passion to work in the education sector.

Be a flexible, dynamic, and nurturing practitioner.

Be able to use humour as a way of engaging young people.

Be available at least 2 days per week, Monday to Friday, Term Time Only.

Please be advised that this role requires a strong knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and child protection and that successful applicants must satisfy all background safer recruitment checks including an enhanced DBS on the update service.

If you would like to apply for the position of Graduate Teaching Assistant in York, North Yorkshire, please call Kerry Fowler at GSL Education and submit your up-to-date CV via the application link. Alternatively, please visit GSL Education official website to apply online

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