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Educational Support Assistants

Educational support assistants work with teachers to provide one-to-one support for children with particular learning needs.

Wages

New workers
AVERAGE
Experienced
£7,417
£15,384
£23,648

New workers start around £7,417. Normal pay is £15,384 per year.
Highly experienced workers can earn up to £23,648.

Available jobs

In the past year there were 137,863 vacancies for this type of job

2.72%

Projected job growth over the next 8 years

Related courses

People work towards these careers by taking these courses at college and uni.

What they do most days?

  • Provides feedback to teachers and completes and maintains records.

  • Attends to child’s physical needs.

  • Helps and encourages child to communicate.

  • Implements care programmes, as appropriate.

  • Identifies signs of distress and offers reassurance.

  • Helps child understand instruction through a variety of means and encourages self-confidence and independence.

  • Supports schoolwork under teacher’s supervision.

Hard Skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Working With Children

  • Autism Spectrum Disorders

  • Due Diligence

  • Learning Support

  • Mental Health

  • Personal Care

  • Classroom Management

  • Individualized Education Programs (IEP)

  • Child Protection

  • Numeracy

Soft Skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Skills are ranked based on the number of job adverts that list them as required skills.

  • Teaching

  • Communication

  • English Language

  • Mathematics

  • Management

  • Interpersonal Communications

  • Planning

  • Empathy

  • Resilience

  • Patience

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

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Education

University of Warwick

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Coventry · 29/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Education

University of Southampton

BSc (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Southampton · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Education Studies

Canterbury Christ Church University

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Canterbury · 09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Education

University of Brighton

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Brighton · 09/2025

Tariff points: 104/120

Primary Education (Top-Up)

University Centre Peterborough

BA (Hons) · 1 Year · Full-time · Peterborough · 09/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Education Studies

University of Sunderland

BA · 3 Years · Full-time · Sunderland · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 96/112

Education Studies (Online)

University of East London

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Distance learning (full-time) · Stratford · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 112/112

Education Studies

University of Cumbria

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · London · 15/09/2025

Tariff points: 96/112

Education

University of Cambridge

BA (Hons) · 3 Years · Full-time · Cambridge · 10/2025

Tariff points: N/A

Teaching and Learning

University Centre Truro and Penwith

FdA · 2 Years · Full-time · Truro · 22/09/2025

Tariff points: 48/48

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