Sports Coach Teaching Assistant - Cramlington (Full-Time)

Use your coaching experience to inspire confidence, resilience and positive outcomes for young people.

Protocol Education is recruiting a full-time Sports Coach Teaching Assistant to join a specialist SEND and SEMH setting in Cramlington. This rewarding role is ideal for someone with a background in sports coaching who is passionate about supporting children and young people beyond the playing field.

You'll use your ability to motivate, encourage and build positive relationships to help pupils engage with learning, regulate emotions and develop important life skills. Every day brings new challenges and opportunities to make a genuine difference.

We recognise the valuable transferable skills sports coaches bring to education and will support you as you develop your career within schools.

You'll receive:

• Weekly PAYE pay, with no umbrella companies
• FREE access to our online CPD Academy
• SEND, SEMH and Behaviour Management training
• A dedicated local consultant
• Long-term and permanent opportunities
• Ongoing wellbeing support
• Refer a Friend rewards

• Supporting pupils on a 1:1 and small-group basis
• Building positive and trusting relationships
• Encouraging teamwork, resilience and confidence
• Supporting emotional regulation and behaviour strategies
• Delivering structured activities and interventions
• Helping pupils engage positively in lessons
• Acting as a positive role model
• Working closely with teaching and pastoral staff
• Celebrating progress and achievements

You'll be energetic, patient and passionate about helping young people succeed.

You'll also be:

• A confident communicator
• Resilient and adaptable
• Positive and encouraging
• Professional and reliable
• Able to motivate others
• Committed to inclusive education

• Sports Coaches
• Behaviour Mentors
• Youth Workers
• Teaching Assistants
• Support Workers
• PE Graduates

Apply today and use your coaching skills to help pupils achieve their full potential.

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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