For Aussies moving over to the UK and wondering what they would get paid if they work as a teaching assistant, we can advise this would be a minimum of £12.44 per hour, but usally it gets rounded off to a day rate of about £90-£100 per day. This is paid weekly in arrears. This may seem low and the main reason for this is due to the role of the teaching assistant being seen as an unqualifed teaching role. Qualifed teachers get paid much more. The majortiy of teaching assistants work on a temporary basis via one of the many education recruitment agencies in the UK. This can work really well for people who don’t really want to be committed or locked in to a full time job where they can’t take time off when they want to. It also suits schools who’s demand for teaching assistants many not be the same day to day.