Are you a recent graduate looking to gain valuable classroom experience before pursuing a career in teaching or education?
Step Into Teaching is offering a Graduate Teaching Assistant role within a specialist ASD provision at a mainstream secondary school in Sutton. This is a fantastic opportunity to:
- Support autistic students in their learning and development
- Gain hands‑on experience within a specialist classroom environment
- Build valuable skills for a future career in teaching, SEN support, educational psychology, or other education-based careers.
Who are Step into Teaching?
We are a pre‑teacher training programme that is designed to support and encourage graduates like yourself to choose teaching. We will provide you with one years’ worth of practical school‑based experience that is an essential foundation for a long‑lasting, successful career in teaching. This experience will allow you to qualify for teacher training in the future, but also give you insight into whether teaching is for you.
What can we offer?
For this role, the ideal graduate will:
- Hold a degree with a 2:2 or above.
- Be supportive, friendly, and approachable
- Be resilient and motivated to support and inspire students to reach their full potential and achieve excellence.
- Be able to take direction and take initiative when required
- Hold excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Have a creative and reflective mindset within the classroom
- Be passionate about supporting young people with additional needs
- Be patient, empathetic and able to build positive relationships with students
The opportunity:
- Supporting autistic students within a specialist ASD provision
- Working within small‑group teaching and personalised learning pathways
- Supporting students with access to mainstream lessons where appropriate
- Helping students develop confidence, independence and emotional regulation
- Supporting positive behaviour and student wellbeing
- Developing students’ self‑advocacy and preparation for adulthood
- Working as part of a supportive team within a mainstream secondary school in Sutton, Greater London
- Full‑time role: Monday - Friday
- November Start
- £560 - £575 per week – term time only
- Make a difference every day and help change a child’s life
The provision offers a calm, structured and supportive environment where students are encouraged to recognise their strengths, build independence and develop both academically and socially.
You’ll work closely with experienced teaching staff to provide personalised support, while also gaining an insight into how specialist SEN provision operates within a mainstream secondary school.
So are you ready to contribute to shaping the world of tomorrow?
Step Into Teaching is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and the successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced DBS Disclosure and Baring Service check
We aim, as a matter of courtesy, to respond to all applications within 5 working days. However, because of the volume of applications, we are sometimes unable to reply to individual enquiries. If we have not contacted you within this specified time your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion, we encourage you to please apply for any other position that you may see in the future.
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