Job Description

Are you an enthusiastic and dedicated primary teaching assistant?
Ripple Education is seeking Teaching Assistants to join our team. As a supply educator, you will have the opportunity to work in various primary schools within Newcastle and Surrounding Areas, providing excellent educational support to primary schools and pupils in different settings.
At Ripple Education, we are an Education Supply Agency providing high-quality supply teachers and support staff to the schools we serve in the North East.
We are looking for committed Supply Teaching Assistants in Newcastle and surrounding areas to complement our team of educators.

• Are you passionate about education?
• Do you have the ability to support delivering high standards of teaching and learning to pupils, whilst creating relationships of mutual trust?
• Do you know how to support a class and teacher, contributing to making learning an enjoyable and meaningful process?

If you answered yes, then Ripple Education could be the community of teachers and teaching assistants for you.
With Ripple Education, you'll have opportunities to develop your skills as an educator and receive bespoke support and training, whilst becoming a valued and respected member of the Ripple community.
Our Senior Leadership Team consists of friendly, experienced teachers who are passionate about education. With children, schools, and teachers at the heart of everything we do, we have built and continue to grow Ripple Education. Our goal is to provide schools with the reassurance that our supply teachers will make positive contributions to children's achievements and to a school's success.
We encourage you to learn more about our ethos on our website,
If Ripple Education's ethos resonates with you, we look forward to receiving your application.
Person Specification
Minimum Essential Requirements

• Right to work in the UK
• Minimum of 2 references
• Enhanced DBS clearance

Experience/Qualifications

• Minimum Level 2 Teaching assistant / Level 6 Qualification - Degree
• Experience of working in a primary school

Duties and Responsibilities

• To provide a high standard of physical, emotional, social and intellectual care for children
• Support the school staff to facilitate the active participation of children in the academic and social activities of a school
• Contribute to raising standards of achievement for all pupils.
• To implement the daily routine
• When directed, plan and implement age-appropriate activities, in conjunction with other staff
• Assisting children in personal/intimate care
• Regularly evaluate children's development and keep records as appropriate, as directed by the teacher
• Liaise with parents/carers of children, only when directed by a school's class teacher
• Uphold the Ripple Education ethos and all safeguarding requirements, including ensuring that children are supervised at all times.
• To ensure the provision of a high-quality environment to meet the needs of individual children at each stage of development

Work Related Circumstances

• Ability to work flexibly
• Participate in training
• A commitment to ensuring a safe environment for children, a thorough knowledge and understanding of safeguarding procedures

Ripple Education Benefits

• Staff social events
• Employee mentoring programme
• Financial planning services
• Flexitime
• Pension
• Holiday Pay

How To Apply
Option 1: Send us your CV for review. Once our team has reviewed your CV, we will send you an application form to complete and return.
Option 2: Send us an Application Form directly.

• Follow this link

to complete and apply.
As part of our commitment to safer recruitment, we require an application form prior to interview.
Ripple Education is an equal opportunity employer, and we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.
Any candidates seeking work with Ripple Education must fully engage with and pass our rigorous and robust safer recruitment process and compliance procedures before we can consider them for any placement or assignment with our schools. Please read the Ripple Education Quality Assurance & Safeguarding Policy on our website to understand our commitment to comply with the highest standards at each stage of the recruitment process.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect our staff to share this commitment.
Join our team and be a part of the community dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of the children in the North East.

Ripple Education