Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) in Harrogate

Harrogate, North Yorkshire
Competitive Daily Pay
Monday to Friday | 8:30am – 3:30pm
Flexible Start Dates Available
Full-Time & Long-Term Opportunities

Looking for graduate jobs in Harrogate that offer meaningful work, valuable experience, and genuine career progression?

Protocol Education is recruiting ambitious graduates to work within specialist education settings across Harrogate and North Yorkshire, including SEND schools, specialist provisions, SEMH settings, and alternative provisions.

We are particularly interested in graduates from:

• Psychology
• Education Studies
• Sports & Coaching
• Drama & Performing Arts
• Health & Social Care
• Criminology
• Sociology
• Youth & Community Studies

If you're passionate about supporting young people and building a career in education, mental health, or child development, this could be the perfect next step.

✅ Teaching
✅ Educational Psychology
✅ Counselling
✅ Clinical Psychology
✅ Mental Health Support
✅ Youth Work
✅ Behaviour Support
✅ Social Work
✅ SEND Education

Gain hands-on experience supporting children and young people with:

• Autism (ASC)
• ADHD
• SEMH (Social, Emotional & Mental Health) Needs
• Moderate & Severe Learning Difficulties
• Speech & Language Needs
• Behavioural Challenges

SEND Teaching Assistant
Behaviour Support Assistant
Learning Mentor
‍ Classroom Support Assistant
Pastoral Support Worker
⚽ Sports Behaviour Mentor

• Supporting pupils on a 1:1 basis and in small groups
• Working within SEND schools, specialist provisions and alternative provisions
• Assisting pupils with emotional regulation and behaviour support
• Encouraging engagement in learning both inside and outside the classroom
• Building positive, trusting relationships with pupils
• Supporting teachers, SENDCOs and pastoral teams
• Creating safe, structured and supportive learning environments

Excellent understanding of behaviour, emotional wellbeing, child development and mental health.

Strong knowledge of learning theories, classroom practice and educational development.

Highly valued within SEMH and behaviour support settings due to resilience, leadership, teamwork and mentoring skills.

Confident communicators who engage pupils through creativity, adaptability and relationship building.

✔ Hold a degree in Psychology, Education, Sports, Drama, Performing Arts, or a related subject

✔ Have experience working with children or young people through:

• Coaching
• Tutoring
• Mentoring
• Care Work
• Youth Work
• Residential Support

✔ Remain calm and resilient in challenging situations

✔ Build positive professional relationships

✔ Are interested in working within SEND, SEMH or specialist education settings

No Teaching Assistant qualification required. Full training and support provided.

⭐ Weekly PAYE Pay – No Umbrella Company Deductions

⭐ Free CPD & Training Including:

• Team Teach
• SEND Awareness
• Behaviour Management
• Safeguarding

⭐ Dedicated Consultant Support

⭐ Access to SEND, Specialist and Mainstream School Opportunities Across North Yorkshire

⭐ Long-Term Placements with Clear Career Progression

⭐ Excellent Experience for Future Careers in Education, Psychology, Therapy and Pastoral Support

✨ Thrive-trained graduates are highly desirable.

Not Thrive trained yet? Ask us about our free Thrive training programme, designed to help you confidently support pupils with emotional, social and behavioural needs.

Start your journey into specialist education with Protocol Education and gain the experience employers and postgraduate courses are looking for.

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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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