Teaching Assistant
Location:BristolStart Date: September 2026Contract: Full-time and Part-time opportunities available
Every school is different. That’s what makes this role so rewarding.
If you’re someone who loves helping young people succeed, enjoys variety, and can adapt to different environments, we’d love to hear from you.
We’re looking for enthusiastic Teaching Assistants to work across a range of fantastic schools, including mainstream primary and secondary schools, specialist SEN provisions, and SEMH settings. Every day is different, but one thing stays the same, you’ll be making a genuine difference to children’s lives.
Whether you’ve worked as a Teaching Assistant, Learning Support Assistant, Youth Worker, Behaviour Mentor, Tutor, Sports Coach, or in another role supporting children and young people, your experience could be exactly what schools are looking for.
What you’ll be doing
- Supporting pupils in the classroom, both one-to-one and in small groups.
- Helping children with a range of additional needs, including autism, ADHD, speech and language needs, and social, emotional and mental health needs.
- Building positive relationships that help pupils feel safe, supported, and ready to learn.
- Encouraging confidence, independence, and engagement throughout the school day.
- Working closely with teachers and school staff to create positive learning experiences.
We’re looking for people who:
- Have experience working with children or young people in any educational or care setting.
- Are patient, resilient, and positive.
- Can build strong relationships and communicate effectively.
- Enjoy working as part of a team.
- Are flexible and happy to work across different school settings.
Are you Thrive trained? Brilliant! If not, don’t worry. Protocol Education offers FREE Thrive training, helping you develop valuable skills that schools are actively looking for.
Why work with Protocol Education?
- Weekly PAYE pay, no umbrella companies.
- FREE access to our online CPD Academy.
- Dedicated consultant support from people who genuinely get education.
- Opportunities in mainstream, SEND, SEMH, and alternative provisions.
- Flexible work to suit your lifestyle, whether you’re looking for one day a week or a full-time role.
- A simple registration process and local placements.
- Referral rewards when you recommend friends.
Every child deserves someone who believes in them. If that’s you, we’d love to help you find your next role.
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.Full assistance provided. For details of our privacy policy, please see visit the Protocol Education website.
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