Teaching Jobs

Teaching Assistant

GSL Education • Chard, Somerset

Salary

£26k – £29k

Posted

22 October 2026

Work mode

Full-time

Sponsor match

high

Skilled WorkerWorker (A rating)

Role overview

GSL Education is hiring a Teaching Assistant in Chard, a full-time teaching role advertised as contract. The advertised salary is £26k – £29k. GSL Education holds an active licence on the UK Home Office register of sponsors for the Skilled Worker route, which means it can sponsor a visa for this hire if it chooses to.

Job: Teaching Assistant Location: Chard Contract Type: Temp to Perm, Full time Salary: £100 – £110 per day About the role We are recruiting for a dedicated Teaching Assistant to join a well-established school in Chard to provide support to students with Autism and complex learning needs. Some pupils also have additional sensory, physical, medical, social or emotional needs. This Teaching Assistant will help support engaging lessons including Numeracy, Literacy, life skill and Personal Developme…

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Visa sponsorship snapshot

Employer: GSL Education — confirmed licensed sponsor
Visa route: Skilled Worker
Advertised salary: £26k – £29k
How this salary compares: about 14% below the £33,280 median across 1,163 teaching roles with published salaries on FindSponsorJobs
Location: Chard, Somerset · Full-time
Posted: 22 October 2026
How we verify sponsors: employers are matched against the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors — read our methodology.

About this sector

Teaching roles in secondary and further education are eligible for the Skilled Worker visa, with particularly strong demand for STEM subject specialists, modern foreign language teachers, and SEN support staff. Both state academy trusts and independent schools appear on the Home Office sponsor register and recruit internationally.