Apprentice Teaching Assistant (Castleward Spencer Academy)

Summary

An exciting opportunity to join a warm and friendly primary schools and train as a Teaching Assistant. You will be supporting the class teacher to deliver high quality lessons and provide interventions to small groups of children.

Wage

£14,526.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course

Teaching assistant (level 3)

Hours

Monday to Friday - Term time only (39 weeks a year). 8:15am-4:00pm (until 4:45pm on Tuesday).

37 hours a week

Start date

Thursday 4 September 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

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

Working as part of this important team, you will be required to carry out the following duties (the nature of the Academy year requires some tasks to be done regularly whilst others annually):

Deliver planned activities for individuals and groups to allocated pupils, in small groups or individually, differentiating and adapting learning programmes to suit individual needs (under the professional direction and supervision of a qualified teacher)
Plan and evaluate specialist learning activities, prepare reports and records for the teacher
Promote outstanding pupil behaviour for learning and support social and emotional well-being, reporting any problems to the teacher and/or child
Protection Lead (as appropriate and in line with school policies
Promote and support the role of parent/carers in pupils’ learning and enabling constructive information sharing about progress and achievement

Where you'll work

Castleward Spencer Academy
Canal Street
Derby
DE1 2RJ

Training

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

College or training organisation

THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST

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

You will work towards the completion of a Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship level 3
Functional Skills in English and maths if required
Training will be delivered face to face, online and through webinars. The school will provide in-house training

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

English and Maths (grade Grade C/ 4, or above)

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
IT skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Number skills
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

Other requirements

As an employer committed to supporting pathways into education, we are always happy to receive informal enquiries - please don't hesitate to get in touch with the team.

About this company

Castleward Spencer Academy, is a brand-new school that is part of the Spencer Academies Trust. It opened in September 2021 and currently has one early years class of both Nursery and Reception aged children. It will grow year on year until we reach our capacity of 270 pupils plus a 39 FTE place nursery. This is a unique opportunity to work with us to create an amazing learning experience for our pupils’. You will initially be working with our outstanding EYFS team in the Foundation Stage Unit.

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

You could be employed as a Teaching Assistant and progress to become a Learning Mentor or Higher-Level Teaching Assistant.

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