ABOUT THE ROLE:

Prospero Teaching currently recruiting graduates ahead of January 2020 who are considering a career in Secondary or Special Needs teaching.

Our future teachers programme allows you not only to secure employment as a teaching assistant following the completion of your degree, but it is a clear and concise pathway onto a school based initial teacher training programme. This programme allows you to gain the necessary experience required to be confident and successful when you do decide to begin your teacher training.

This programme involves working as a teaching assistant on a 6-12 month basis (from January 2020) within our client school located in Portsmouth, Southampton prior to beginning your teacher training programme in September 2020 at an Outstanding Secondary School.

** Applicants must hold a degree or be in the process of completing your degree (final year) and be looking to pursue a career in education ***

Full time Graduate teaching assistant role for 12 months - Followed by introduction to a schools direct programme at an Outstanding training school
Over 20 places available across the whole of Portsmouth & Southampton
Opportunities for all graduates pursuing a career in education
Paid up to £1400 a month for the first 12 months whilst gaining essential and invaluable experience as a teaching assistant
Throughout the Future Teachers placement you will initially work within a teaching assistant capacity whereby you will work on-site at one of our client schools and support pupils in a range of areas and subjects (predominately your subject specialism). This will be a full time role with an allocated school in Southampton or Portsmouth where you will undertake a variety of tasks and activities that will give you a good understanding as to the role of a teacher. A significant proportion of these tasks and activities will also benefit your subject knowledge as you will focus on raising pupil attainment, supporting special needs pupils, covering classes, assisting with planning, preparing lessons and developing schemes of work.

Responsibilities within the graduate teaching assistant role include providing;

Cover Supervisor work where you will experience covering lessons and classroom management
One to one specific tuition/interventions where you will utilise your subject knowledge to raise pupil attainment
SEN support where you can work alongside pupils with Special Educational Needs
In-class support in your specialist subject to enhance pupils learning experience
Assistance with planning and preparation of lessons alongside teachers to upskill you in this area

CONTRACT DETAILS
Location - Southampton, Hampshire
Position - Graduate Teaching Assistant / Aspiring Teacher
Type of work - Support in classroom and cover for lessons
Contract or position start date - January 2020
Duration / Likely Duration - Permanent
Contract type (temp/perm/temp to perm) - Permanent
Full time/part time - Full time
Minimum rate of pay - Minimum rate £1400 per month
Hours - 8:30 am - 3pm

EXPERIENCE, TRAINING AND QUALIFICATIONS
Hold a degree or in process of finishing your last year
Minimum 1 year teaching experience in the UK (Desirable)
Up to date Safeguarding training issued in the last year

TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE THROUGH PROSPERO TEACHING, YOU MUST:
Hold Right to Work in the UK
Hold an enhanced child barred list DBS certificate registered with the online update service or be willing to process a new application
Provide two professional child related references

OTHER
If you would like to be considered for this role, please apply with a copy of your up to date CV. Unfortunately, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Prospero Teaching is acting as an employment business/education recruitment agency in relation to this vacancy. The successful candidate will be required to register with Prospero Teaching in order to fill this vacancy.

Prospero Teaching is able to offer the successful candidate:

Free, accredited continued professional development courses including safeguarding and behaviour management
In-house Training and Development Team
For immediate consideration all graduates or those coming to the end of their degrees are encouraged to send an updated CV to Ben via email on

If you have a friend who you think would be interested in this vacancy then please refer them to us and you could earn £150 from our Refer a Friend scheme.

Prospero is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.