Teaching Assistant Apprentice
Charnock Hall Primary Academy
South Yorkshire (S12 3HS)
Closes on Thursday 31 July 2025
Posted on 1 May 2025
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Summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work with children as part of a experienced team, following the Headteacher's direction on policies and discipline. Help pupils engage in school activities by understanding their needs and responding appropriately whilst encouraging pupils to learn independently and improve their achievements.
- Wage
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£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 3.30pm
Times may change due to working schedules
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
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
- Through effective learning strategies, support all pupils to participate in learning activities. This will involve being aware of pupils’ needs, using appropriate equipment and materials and modifying resources as necessary to support pupils to participate and progress
- Contribute to the planning and evaluation of teaching and learning activities by being clear of own role in delivery, sharing realistic ideas, offering constructive suggestions and giving feedback where appropriate
- Support pupils by having an awareness of individual needs, learning targets, and the relevant support required to assist pupils’ development, offering encouragement and feedback where appropriate
- Contribute to the implementation of an effective behaviour management strategy, applying it fairly and consistently within clear boundaries and reinforcing positive aspects of behaviour
- Provide literacy and numeracy support to individuals and groups to enable them to access the wider curriculum, whilst monitoring progress and dealing with challenges as they arise
- You will also provide support to our Teachers, Curriculum and the wider School when required
Where you'll work
Carter Hall Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S12 3HS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
CHESTERFIELD COLLEGE
Your 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.
Your training plan
- An apprenticeship allows you to earn a wage, gain valuable work experience and industry specific competence
- You will be expected to work towards the Teaching Assistant Level 3, with support from your employer and the Chesterfield College Group
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C)
- Maths (grade 4/C)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
You can expect that a DBS background check to be carried out if you are offered this placement.
About this company
An introduction to Charnock Hall Primary Academy Charnock first opened in 1949. Since then it has undergone many changes to get to its current form of a primary school for children aged 4 to 11 years, Reception (Foundation Stage 2) to Year 6, with a capacity for 420 pupils (60 in each year group). In 2017, Charnock became part of the L.E.A.D. Academy Trust . In January 2020, CHPA received its first Ofsted inspection since joining the Trust, and we were judged as being GOOD in all areas of the inspection criteria. As soon as pupils enter CHPA in Reception, we work with pupils to develop them in becoming effective, life-long learners and aim to do this through offering learning experiences that are relevant, fun and allow them to be involved in their own learning as fully as possible. We talk with pupils regularly about ‘learning how to learn’ and giving them opportunities to take their learning in the direction that they wish to go. They are fully involved in shaping and directing the curriculum as this is a key feature of how pupils learn at CHPA
After this apprenticeship
- Permanent employment upon successful completion of your apprenticeship and application for role
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CHESTERFIELD COLLEGE
Hannah Donald
donaldh@chesterfield.ac.uk
07970031397
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000318169.
Apply now
Closes on Thursday 31 July 2025
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