Graduate Teaching Assistant – SEND & SEMH Support | Gateshead | September Start

Graduate Teaching Assistant – SEND School
Location: Gateshead
Start Date: September 2026
Full-Time | Monday – Friday

Are you a recent graduate looking to make a genuine difference in the lives of young people?

Protocol Education is working alongside a welcoming specialist SEND provision in Gateshead to recruit Graduate Teaching Assistants to support pupils with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs from September.

This is an excellent opportunity for graduates considering careers in Teaching, Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Work or Youth Justice, offering invaluable classroom experience within a supportive and experienced team.

Your role will include:

• Supporting pupils on a 1:1 basis and in small groups.
• Helping students regulate emotions and develop positive relationships.
• Encouraging engagement in learning through creative and practical activities.
• Supporting behaviour using positive reinforcement strategies.
• Working closely with teachers, SEND professionals and pastoral staff.

We're looking for graduates who are:

• Passionate about supporting children with additional needs.
• Patient, resilient and empathetic.
• Excellent communicators who can build positive relationships.
• Interested in pursuing a career within education or child development.

Why join Protocol Education?

• Competitive weekly PAYE pay.
• Free CPD and specialist SEND training.
• Dedicated consultant supporting your career journey.
• Opportunities for long-term and permanent roles.
• Experience that strengthens future applications for teacher training, psychology and related careers.
• Work within welcoming schools where every day is rewarding.

Every day brings the opportunity to help a young person achieve something they never thought possible.

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.

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