Job description
Spanish Language Assistant – Secondary School – Portsmouth, Hampshire
Start Date: September 2025 or October 2025 | Contract Type: Full-Time
Are you passionate about supporting students’ language learning and wellbeing in a vibrant secondary school setting?
GSL Education are seeking a full-time Spanish Language Assistant to join a secondary school in Portsmouth. This role begins in September or October 2025, depending on notice periods. You will work closely with the Spanish department, supporting students both in lessons and in small intervention groups. Additionally, you will provide support for students experiencing Anxiety, Depression, and other SEMH challenges.
This position offers great opportunities for professional development and progression through pay grades as experience grows.
As a Spanish Language Assistant, your responsibilities will be:
- Assist Spanish teachers in delivering engaging language lessons
- Support students in small intervention groups to improve language skills
- Work sensitively with students experiencing SEMH difficulties to support their engagement
- Collaborate with teaching and support staff to monitor student progress
- Promote a positive and inclusive learning environment
Skills & Requirements for Spanish Language Assistant:
- Experience working with young people in an educational setting, ideally with modern foreign languages, special educational needs
- CACHE Level 2/3 or NVQ Level 2/3 in Teaching Assistant or similar is desirable but not mandatory
- A degree in Spanish, MFL, SEN or a similar field.
- Patience, empathy, and a proactive approach
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- Commitment to safeguarding and inclusive education
- Have an up-to-date CV (covering the last ten years, barring any unexplained gaps) and an enhanced DBS registered to the Update Service (or be willing to apply for one)
Why Join GSL:
- Personalised support from dedicated education consultants
- Transparent and ethical recruitment process
- Opportunities for career progression within schools
- Join a network of supportive and inclusive educational environments
If you are ready to support students’ language learning and wellbeing in a rewarding full-time role, we would love to hear from you.
Please be advised that this role requires a strong knowledge and understanding of safeguarding and child protection and that successful applicants must satisfy all background safer recruitment checks; including providing an enhanced DBS certificate registered on the update service or completing an application for a new check.
As an ethical, inclusive, and independent recruitment agency, GSL Education are committed to providing quality teaching and support staff in schools across the UK.
For more information or to register your interest in the Spanish Language Assistant role, or to be considered, please click ‘apply now’ to submit your full and up-to-date CV, and one of our dedicated consultants will be in touch.
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