Trainee Teaching Assistant, Liverpool

  • Location: Liverpool
  • Duration: Ongoing
  • Salary: £450 - 500 per week
  • Start date: 04/09/2025
  • Job Type: Temporary
  • Sector: Primary Education
  • Posted:

Job Description

£450-£500 Per Week (PAYE)

New Directions Education are currently recruiting for a Trainee Teaching Assistant to work in a welcoming and supportive mainstream primary school in Kirkdale. This is a full-time, long-term position with the potential to become permanent for the right candidate.

The School:
• A nurturing and inclusive primary school committed to supporting every child’s academic, emotional, and social development.
• Rated ‘Good’ by Ofsted, with particular praise for its strong leadership, caring ethos, and commitment to pupil wellbeing.
• Offers a creative and child-centred curriculum that encourages curiosity, independence, and a love of learning from the earliest years.

The Role:
• Provide one-to-one and small group support for pupils, including those with additional needs or EHCPs.
• Help to create a positive and safe learning environment, supporting pupils with both academic tasks and emotional regulation.
• Use transferable skills from care, psychology or nursing to build trust, promote positive behaviour, and foster pupil wellbeing.

The Ideal Candidate:
• Will have experience in care work, psychology, nursing, or another related profession involving support for children or vulnerable individuals.
• Be able to provide a reference covering experience with children or in a similar support role within the last 5 years.
• Hold or be willing to obtain an Enhanced DBS check on the update service.

What New Directions Education Ltd offers:

  • A dedicated and expert Account Manager
  • Regular and varied supply work
  • Competitive rates of pay
  • Potential long-term teaching roles
  • Full compliance with the Agency Workers Regulation (AWR)
  • A network of branches across the UK
  • Preferred supplier to more than 20 boroughs across the UK
  • Recommend-a-friend scheme
  • Respected reputation across the education and recruitment industry

New Directions Education Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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