Graduate Teaching Assistant
Salary: Outstanding pay rates between £450.00-£670.00, per week.
– Supporting children with Special Educational Needs
– Bristol SEND Schools– including Alveston, Bedminster, Bishopsworth, Easton, Hartcliffe, Henbury, Fishponds, Knowle West, Shirehampton, Thornbury and Yate
Hours can Vary Between: 8:00am-16:45 (school dependant), with a 30/40 minute break during lunch time. These are full-time opportunities, with the view to going permanent at the right school. All opportunities are immediate starts!
Are you a creative graduate who has a passion for working with young people?
Do you have a keen interest in developing your SEND understanding?
Are you looking to gain experience in working with young people with autism, physical disabilities or social and mental health difficulties working as a Teaching Assistant?
About the Roles:
You will be required to work in one of our client special schools across Bristol, on a 1:1 or small group basis with pupils, across the ages of 3-19, with emotional and behavioural difficulties. The in these opportunities you will support pupils with varying diagnosis, including: ADHD, Autism, Global Delay and Profound Multiple Learning Difficulties and Social Emotional Mental Health, amongst other SEND needs. You will work in collaboration with the schools SLT, under the guidance of the class teacher and alongside parents, to superceed the targets of your pupils Educational Health Care Plan (EHCP). Each school provides a places emphasis on team cohesive and thus providing a rewarding environment to work in.
Training within SEN is preferred, but not essential as we can provide these for you, through online courses and in training opporunities such as Team Teach. The opportunities are long-term, with the potential to becoming a permanent member of staff at the school. All opportunities are to start immediately or for ASAP/April 2026.
*Graduate in the following topic/s- Acting, Music, Performing Arts, Psychology
*Excellent behaviour management skills.
*Punctual and reliable.
*Calm and resilient approach.
*3-6 months of experience having worked with children
*A passion for helping young people progress and develop.
Benefits of working with Monarch Education:
To be considered for this role, you will need to:
*Have a right to work in the UK
*One recent child based reference (2 years) and relevant DBS/Police checks (we can support with your DBS application).
We are committed to providing equal opportunities to all candidates as well as adhering to strict safeguarding procedures. Your application will be subject to 1 reference evidencing where you’ve worked supporting children and enhanced DBS check.
Monarch Education are proud to be a leading recruitment specialist in the Education industry. We are passionate about our people and the services we provide to our candidates. Working with Monarch Education will give you access too:
To learn more about us and what makes Monarch one of the leading education recruitment providers nationwide – please visit our website – About Us – Monarch (monarcheducation.co.uk)
Monarch Education are committed to providing equal opportunities for all candidates and welcomes applications regardless of sex, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief pregnancy and maternity or disability as well as adhering to strict Safeguarding procedures.
Affinity Workforce Solutions and Monarch Education are committed to safeguarding and promoting welfare of children and young people and expects all its temporary workers to share these commitments. As this role involves working with children on a daily basis, regulated activity is that any successful applicant’s applications will, accordance with statutory guidance, be subject to 2 employment references, an enhanced DBS check and a right to work in the UK check.
This vacancy is based in the United Kingdom. Monarch Education operate in the UK and can only process applications from candidates who are currently UK residents and eligible to work in the UK. Whilst we will endeavour to contact you following your response, due to the high volume of applications we regret that this cannot always be possible. If you have not had notification from us within 30 days please take your application as not being successful this time but we will keep your details on file for future opportunities.
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