Year 2 Teaching Assistant – Launch Your Education Career in the City

Step into your future as a dynamic Year 2 Teaching Assistant in the heart of the City of London. If you’re a high-achieving graduate eager to ignite young minds and accelerate your path towards teaching, psychology, or SEN, this is your standout opportunity. Join a thriving, forward-thinking primary school where your impact as a Year 2 Teaching Assistant will be immediate, meaningful, and genuinely transformative for both pupils and your own professional ambitions.

As a Year 2 Teaching Assistant, you’ll delve into an exhilarating learning environment: a vibrant, supportive school community with exceptional resources, Outstanding leadership, and a culture of constant professional growth. Here, you’ll work side-by-side with master educators, participate in pioneering CPD, and refine your skills daily. Experience rare exposure to multiple pedagogical approaches, inventive curriculum delivery, and powerful inclusion strategies, all while shaping the next generation of City learners.

Key Highlights:

• Year 2 Teaching Assistant role – Circa £30,000 Pro-rata
• Based in a celebrated City of London primary school
• Ofsted rating: Outstanding
• Extensive CPD, regular in-house training, and rapid internal progression
• Purpose-built, tech-enhanced learning spaces and well-resourced classrooms
• Unmatched environment for aspiring teachers, psychologists, or SEN specialists
• Supportive staff culture with mentoring from top-class educators

What You'll Be Doing:

• Delivering tailored support as a Year 2 Teaching Assistant in literacy, numeracy, and creative projects
• Leading engaging small group and one-to-one interventions
• Proactively supporting inclusion and differentiated learning strategies
• Assisting class teachers with dynamic lesson delivery and creative classroom management
• Shadowing SEN specialists and experienced educators to support holistic child development
• Monitoring, recording, and feeding back on pupil progress and behaviour
• Instilling lifelong curiosity, resilience, and ambition in Year 2 pupils

Ideal "Year 2 Teaching Assistant" for this City of London School:

• Exceptional graduate, ideally with a 2:1 or above in any discipline
• Aspiring teacher, psychologist, or SEN professional hungry for impact
• Dedicated, ambitious, and relentless in pursuit of excellence
• Highly compassionate, patient, and instinctively child-centred
• Eager to contribute, reflect, and learn within an Outstanding team
• Resilient, adaptive, and passionate about whole-child development

Why Join This City of London School?:

• Work daily with inspirational leaders and Outstanding classroom practitioners
• Innovative CPD and unrivalled pathways to PGCE and teacher training
• Diverse, inclusive, and high-achieving student community
• State-of-the-art facilities, flexible learning zones, and creative resources
• Celebrated commitment to mental wellbeing, teamwork, and staff flourishing
• Become a valued Year 2 Teaching Assistant with real voice, responsibility, and progression

Join a City of London school where your ambition as a Year 2 Teaching Assistant is recognised and accelerated. If you’re ready for a springboard to tomorrow’s leadership in education, now is the time—apply early to stand out and shape your career from day one.

How to Apply

Secure your chance to join our vibrant City of London primary team as a Year 2 Teaching Assistant—applications are being reviewed right now, so don’t risk missing out. Take the next step in your support staff career and submit your application without delay; early applicants will be prioritised for interview.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a thriving Central London school from ASAP.

Interviews are taking place right now – apply today!