At a Glance
- Tasks: Support teachers and help children thrive in a dynamic school environment.
- Company: Join Vision for Education, a top-rated education recruitment agency.
- Benefits: Earn £14.24 - £15.00 per hour with flexible start dates and paid training.
- Other info: Be part of a supportive team with excellent career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in children's lives while developing your skills.
- Qualifications: No experience needed, just a passion for helping others!
The predicted salary is between 15 - 15 £ per hour.
Trainee Teaching Assistant Preston
Pay: £14.24 - £15.00 per hour via PAYE (salary is depending on experience and/or qualifications)
Start Date: Flexible/Immediate
The Role
Become a Trainee Teaching Assistant! No previous experience or qualifications necessary, just a love for helping others! Vision For Education are excited to provide this bespoke and incredible opportunity to support passionate people with getting into the education sector. We work alongside our client schools in Preston and surrounding areas to provide successful Trainee Teaching Assistants with high quality training and paid on the job experience.
Following a successful interview and pending suitability, safeguarding and identity checks, we will work to secure you a paid placement in a school to further develop your skills. We will help you to develop your identity as an educator and help you to choose your specialist area from EYFS, KS1, KS2 to secondary school and SEND provision.
Prior to starting your placement, you will be required to complete a comprehensive training programme delivered by Vision for Education and school leaders, which will give you the essential skills you need to work as a Teaching Assistant.
Teaching Assistants are instrumental in ensuring the smooth running of any school. The most effective Teaching Assistants have excellent communication skills and have an interest and passion in supporting the day-to-day needs of all children. They are also able to build relationships with both staff, children and their families.
The role of a teaching assistant varies from each school. You may be working to support the teacher in whole class teaching, running small group interventions to support children or working on a 1:1 basis to ensure the needs of all children are met and that they can thrive.
We would love to hear from you if the following applies to you!
- Have a passion for supporting and helping children
- Be dedicated to improving outcomes for all children
- Be kind, caring and compassionate
- Be proactive and a good communicator
- Be able to work collaboratively in a team
- Be committed to completing the required training and participating in ongoing CPD
- Be willing to pay for an enhanced DBS check and register with the Update Service
Vision for Education 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 Vision for Education
Vision for Education is a market-leading education recruitment and supply agency committed to the learning and development of young people. With branches across the country, we are an employer of choice for high-quality primary, secondary and SEND teaching and support staff. We're part of The Edwin Group, an education alliance here to do good and are proud to be named in The Sunday Times Top 100 Best Places to Work in the UK 2025.
Vision for Education 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.
What Vision for Education can offer:
As a valued employee of Vision for Education, you will receive: Excellent daily rates paid.
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