Support staff

Support staff are playing an increasingly important role in schools and other education institutions.

Recent government initiatives such as Remodelling of the School Workforce and the Workload Agreement have placed much emphasis on support workers. It is expected that the support workers will play a crucial role in the delivery of such initiatives and be significant players in the continuing drive to raise standards.

The emphasis on support workers has led to an increasing demand nationwide and Supreme Education has been instrumental in helping many individuals obtain employment in a support role.

If you would like to be considered for support roles, such as:

• Teaching Assistant
• Higher Level Teaching Assistant
• Cover Supervisor
• Learning Support Assistant
• Special Needs Support Assistant
• Primary Support Assistant
• Secondary Support Assistant
• And more...

Please register your interest.

Working as a Teaching Assistant with Supreme Education

If you're an experienced Teaching Assistant, or suitably qualified for this vital support role, then we have the positions and opportunities to suit you.

Increased government funding in recent years has led to the recruitment of thousands of paid, professional teaching assistants in our schools. They support the teacher as well as the pupil, and are involved with many different aspects of classroom activities.

Many of the Teaching Assistants working through Supreme Education hold specific qualifications, perhaps in child care or in learning support work, or indeed relevant degrees. Others have substantial experience of working with children.

They enjoy a varied and fulfilling role. While the majority of our Teaching Assistants work in primary schools and special needs situations, often taking on one-to-one responsibility with specific children, there is also a growing use of such staff in secondary schools.

For degree graduates, it can provide a useful employment option; an insight into life in the classroom; and even the start of a route towards Qualified Teacher Status, through the Graduate and Registered Teacher Programme (GRTP).

Working as a Teaching Assistant is a rewarding job, and Supreme Education has the supply opportunities to meet your specific needs.

We aim to provide:

• face-to-face initial interviews: when we find out more about you, your situation, aspirations, career and development plans, ensuring we place you in the right position in the right school environment
• local knowledge: our Supreme Education Management team have over 25 years specialist knowledge within the education sector and have operated across the whole of the UK
• specialist support: our teams include dedicated primary, secondary and SEN recruitment experts
• support and resources: we're here to help! Whatever the issue or query, we are on hand to discuss your individual requirements either face-to-face or by telephone

Support staff working with Supreme Education enjoy many great benefits:

• Weekly pay/ monthly pay at competitive rates.
• Local, dedicated support and expert advice.
• Flexibility to teach when and where you want (subject to school online vacancies).
• Rapid response to all requests.
• Variety, including different school environments and responsibilities.

Please register your interest.

Teaching Assistants Manual!

Everyone agrees that the role of the teaching assistant is growing in importance. It was this exciting development which prompted us to publish our best-selling How to be a Successful Teaching Assistant in 2002. At that time, there was nothing to help teaching assistants to understand their role.

In 2001/2, Ofsted reviewed the role of teaching assistants and found that, in primary schools, the quality of teaching was better when there was a teaching assistant in the classroom. At Supreme Education we have seen some of these improvements at first hand. We intend to continue to explore ways in which we can help support staff to improve the quality of pupils' learning.

There is now a range of qualifications available for teaching assistants and this guide covers the requirements for NVQs at levels 2 and 3. Whether you are just starting out as a teaching assistant or are already more experienced, we hope that you will find How to be a Successful Teaching Assistant to be an invaluable introduction to the role.

How to be a Successful Teaching Assistant Manual

This manual is sent to you when you register.

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