Teaching Assistant - Sport & Wellbeing Focus

Teaching Assistant – Sport & Wellbeing Focus

Location: South Shields area
Contract: Full-Time, Term-Time + Training Days
Start: Immediate
Pay: Great daily rate

We’re after a Teaching Assistant with a passion for sport and wellbeing
. You’ll help pupils access physical activities as part of their personalised curriculum, support their engagement and promote healthy habits.

• Supporting pupils during PE lessons, sports clubs and wellbeing sessions

• Encouraging participation, positive risk-taking and confidence building

• Helping pupils with additional needs feel included in all activities

• Supporting transitions and behaviour during active sessions

• Working with teachers and coaches to adapt activities as needed

• Sporting experience (coaching, clubs, volunteering or PE background)

• A patient, encouraging and adaptable approach

• Good communication and teamwork skills

• A genuine interest in pupil wellbeing

• Use your sporting passion in a purposeful education setting

• Supportive leadership and ongoing training

• Real impact on pupils’ confidence and engagement

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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