General Teaching Assistant

WorkwithSchools are recruiting for General Teaching Assistants for ad hoc, short and long term bookings in nurseries, primary and secondary schools in and around York and North Yorkshire from September 2023.

We’re looking for qualified and/or experienced Teaching Assistants, to work within Early Years, KS1 and KS2,

If you have volunteered as a parent in a school, supporting a class teacher, and the school are willing to give you a reference, we could offer you paid work as a Teaching Assistant.

Who are WorkwithSchools?

WorkwithSchools is an ethical and reputable teaching agency based in York, who have been working with schools since 1999. We’re different to other teaching agencies in that we’re part of City of York Trading Limited (wholly owned by City of York Council) and a share of our profits gets paid to the council, supporting services in the local community.

WorkwithSchools has placed supply staff in over 85 local schools,  colleges and nurseries, is a Crown Commercial Services government supplier, and holders of prestigious REC Audited status which means they have been recognised as a recruiter with the best standards of recruitment practice and compliance.

What can WorkwithSchools offer you?

WorkwithSchools offers General Teaching Assistants regular, local work at a competitive rate of pay, as well as holiday pay which is acrrued as you work.

Our expert schools team works with you to offer bookings that fit with your needs, around preferred key stages, education settings and accessible locations.  We pride ourselves on offering an exceptional service, but don’t just take our word for it, check out our Google reviews!

As well as this, we offer a range of benefits for supply staff to enjoy including;

FREE Bespoke CPD
Ethical in-house payroll – we don’t use umbrella companies to pay our staff
Regular school socials
Recognition through a unique staff awards event

For more information on any of the above, please take a look here.

How to apply

For more information, please contact us on 01904 554195.

To register with us, either fill in our application form or email us an up-to-date CV, along with details of 2 referees to [email protected]

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expect all WorkwithSchools staff to share this commitment. All applicants are required to provide two teaching references.

We also require successful applicants to undertake an Enhanced Criminal Records check via the DBS if you are not registered with the DBS Online Update Service.