Teaching Assistant Apprentice

Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council

Doncaster (DN6 7QN)

Closes in 17 days (Monday 29 June 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 12 June 2026

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Summary

Launch your career in education with our School Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship. Gain hands-on experience supporting pupils, assisting teachers, and helping create a positive learning environment while earning a qualification. 

Wage

£14,560 to £23,132.20, depending on your age

National Minimum Wage

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This role is term time only and the actual pay is £12336.13 per year which equates to £1028.01 per month.

Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, term-time only 35 hours per week, term-time only (29 in school over 4 days + 6 hours at college).

35 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

2

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

Develop valuable skills, receive expert mentoring, and make a real difference every day. This is an excellent opportunity for enthusiastic, caring individuals passionate about helping children succeed.

General duties include: 

  • Supporting teachers in delivering lessons and learning activities.
  • Assist pupils individually, in small groups, or across the whole class.
  • Helping to prepare and organise classroom resources and learning materials.
  • Encouraging pupil engagement, participation, and positive behaviour.
  • Providing support to pupils with additional learning needs where required.
  • Supervising pupils during classroom activities, break times, breakfast club, after-school clubs and educational visits.
  • Assisting with recording pupil progress and maintaining accurate records.
  • Helping to create a safe, inclusive, and stimulating learning environment.
  • Supporting literacy, numeracy, and other curriculum-based activities.
  • Following school policies, including safeguarding, health and safety, and confidentiality requirements.
  • Attending training sessions and work towards completing the apprenticeship qualification.
  • Communicating effectively with teachers, pupils, parents, and other school staff.

 

Where you'll work

Doncaster Lane
Woodlands
Doncaster
DN6 7QN

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

DN COLLEGES GROUP

Training course

Teaching assistant (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Apply strategies to support and encourage the development of independent learners.
  • Adapt communication strategies for the audience and context.
  • Apply behaviour management strategies in line with organisational policy.
  • Adapt resources to support all learners.
  • Communicate with teachers to ensure clarity of the TA’s role.
  • Apply teaching strategies to deliver learning activities or interventions.
  • Build relationships with learners, teachers, other professionals and stakeholders.
  • Comply with legislation, guidance, and procedures for Prevent, safeguarding and health & safety.
  • Support the well-being and mental health of learners.
  • Observe, record, and report on learners in line with organisational procedures.
  • Apply methods of formative assessment.
  • Use up to date technology safely, to support learning.
  • Encourage safe use of technology by learners.
  • Adapt teaching strategies to support all learners (for example, scaffolding, open questioning).
  • Identify and respond to pastoral and academic behaviours in learners.
  • Provide feedback to learners.
  • Apply strategies to support and encourage the development of independent learners.
  • Adapt communication strategies for the audience and context.
  • Apply behaviour management strategies in line with organisational policy.
  • Adapt resources to support all learners.
  • Communicate with teachers to ensure clarity of the TA’s role.
  • Apply teaching strategies to deliver learning activities or interventions.
  • Build relationships with learners, teachers, other professionals and stakeholders.
  • Comply with legislation, guidance, and procedures for Prevent, safeguarding and health & safety.
  • Support the well-being and mental health of learners.
  • Observe, record, and report on learners in line with organisational procedures.
  • Apply methods of formative assessment.
  • Use up to date technology safely, to support learning.
  • Encourage safe use of technology by learners.
  • Adapt teaching strategies to support all learners (for example, scaffolding, open questioning).
  • Identify and respond to pastoral and academic behaviours in learners.
  • Provide feedback to learners.

Training schedule

Training will be at Doncaster College where you will access a wide range of facilities on offer. 

  

 

More training information

Training will be on a day release basis.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade Grade 4)
  • Maths (grade Grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Number skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Patience
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Literacy skills
  • Empathy
  • Honest
  • Reliable and conscientious

Other requirements

You must be able to travel to and from college and arrive at school in time to start work at 8:15am.

 

Apprentices are paid for their normal working hours and training that's part of their apprenticeship (usually one day per week).

The Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage guide is updated every April (ANMW): https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates.

We need to ask all applicants whether they have any relevant criminal convictions and or pending investigation as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.  Relevant meaning offences

against a person, whether violent or sexual, offences involving drugs or controlled substances, or theft.  A declaration of a relevant Criminal Conviction will result in a Risk Assessment being carried out to determine whether the applicant poses a risk to the welfare or safety of others.  This does not include warnings, cautions, reprimands and (for example) speeding fines/points.

A YES ANSWER DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY EXCLUDE YOUR APPLICATION.

About this employer

Start your career in education at St Joseph & St Teresa’s Catholic Primary School. Join a nurturing, inclusive community where kindness, respect and curiosity are at the heart of everything we do. Working alongside dedicated staff, you’ll help children thrive while developing your own skills, confidence and future career prospects in a supportive and inspiring environment.

https://www.sjst.co.uk (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Upon successful completion of the Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship, learners could progress into a permanent teaching assistant role, specialist support roles, or further study in education. The apprenticeship also provides a strong foundation for careers in teaching, pastoral support, special educational needs (SEND), childcare, youth work, and wider educational settings.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

DN COLLEGES GROUP

Asa Buckley

Asa.buckley@dncolleges.ac.uk

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000036981.

Apply now

Closes in 17 days (Monday 29 June 2026 at 11:59pm)