Graduate Education Role (Gap Year Experience)

Graduate Education Role (Gap Year Experience) – Build Your Skills and CV in Schools

Are you taking a gap year before starting your graduate role or continuing your studies? Teaching Personnel offers flexible and rewarding opportunities in education that will keep your CV strong and your skills developing. Work in a range of supportive secondary schools, gain hands-on experience, and make a positive impact—without committing to a full-time teaching career just yet.

Why This Role?

• Valuable Experience: Strengthen your CV with practical classroom work, from Cover Supervision to Teaching Assistant support.
• Flexible Hours: Choose short-term or long-term engagements that fit around your gap year plans, travel ambitions, or other commitments.
• Professional Growth: Develop essential skills like communication, organisation, and leadership—highly sought-after by graduate employers.
• No Full-Time Commitments: Enjoy the freedom to explore different schools and roles before deciding on your next move.

What We Offer Through Teaching Personnel

• Dedicated Consultant: Get personalised support to match you with schools that suit your preferences and skills.
• Exclusive Roles: Access positions not advertised elsewhere, ensuring unique chances to shine.
• Competitive Pay: Earn weekly while building valuable experience—perfect for funding your gap year adventures.
• Ongoing Development: Benefit from free or discounted CPD courses to boost your confidence and skill set in education.
• Tailored Contracts: Opt for day-to-day cover, part-time, or full-time placements, giving you maximum control over your schedule.

About the Role

• Adaptable Placements: Work in secondary schools across your region, assisting in classrooms, providing one-to-one or small group support, or stepping in as a Cover Supervisor.
• Hands-On Impact: Help students with their learning and day-to-day school life, making a genuine difference in their academic journey.
• Growing Confidence: Practise classroom management, behaviour strategies, and lesson support, all under the guidance of experienced staff.
• Exploration of the Sector: Gain insights into education, teaching methods, and school operations, which can be invaluable for future graduate roles—even if they’re outside of education.

Ideal Candidate

• Recent Graduate or soon-to-be graduate seeking meaningful gap year work.
• Enthusiastic about helping young people and developing new skills.
• Confident communicator, willing to step into diverse classroom settings.
• Open to learning on the job, receiving constructive feedback, and applying it daily.
• Flexible, reliable, and ready to embrace the variety of day-to-day school life.

If you’re looking to make the most of your gap year, apply now with Teaching Personnel. We’ll help you find flexible, impactful roles that bolster your CV, sharpen your skills, and enrich your overall experience—setting you apart in the competitive graduate market.

All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for 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.
Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with 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 all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided.
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