Apprentice Teaching Assistant

TUDHOE LEARNING TRUST

County Durham (SR8 2DU)

Closes in 28 days (Tuesday 10 June 2025)

Posted on 12 May 2025

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Summary

The primary role of the Teaching Assistant Apprentice is to support the class teacher to enhance pupils’ learning either in groups or individually, ensuring pupils understand the work set, know their learning objectives and stay on task in order to make progress.

Wage

£12,759.50 a year

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Term time only plus is calculated based on the following: • Number of ‘teaching’ weeks – 39 weeks; plus • Public (bank) holidays – 1.6 weeks (8 days); plus • Individual leave entitlement - 5.4 weeks (26 days) or 6.4 weeks (31 days)

Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 08:30 - 15:30 Term time only

32 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 1 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

  • Understand the need to provide feedback to support and facilitate an appropriate level of independence
  • Comprehend appropriate levels of learning resources to identify and help address weaknesses, consolidate strengths and develop individualised expectations
  • Recognise different stages of child development through school, eg: transition between key stages
  • Recognise the importance of using appropriate technology to support learning
  • Understand the need to accurately observe, record and report on pupils’ participation, conceptual understanding and progress to improve practice and assessment for different groups of pupils
  • Understand the school’s assessment procedures for benchmarking against targets set by the class teacher
  • Be familiar with assessment materials
  • An appropriate knowledge of the curriculum and context you are working in
  • Understand current statutory guidance including ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ Part 1, safeguarding policies, Prevent Strategy
  • Understand the importance of sharing relevant information, in a timely manner with the designated Safeguarding Lead
  • Understand the importance of first aid procedures, recording/reporting incidents and a broad knowledge of Health & Safety Policy
  • Develop strategies to support and encourage pupils to move towards independent learning
  • Use appropriately varied vocabulary to ensure pupils’ understanding
  • Embed effective behaviour management strategies using discipline appropriately and fairly in line with the school’s policy.
  • Deliver interventions in accordance with training given (RAG rating)
  • Foster and encourage positive, effective, nurturing and safe learning environments inspiring pupils to take pride in and learn from their individual achievements
  • Recognise, adapt and respond to all pupils encompassing SEN/emotional vulnerabilities, for example, use Makaton, visual timetables
  • Work closely with teachers to ensure own contribution aligns with the teaching
  • Ensure regular communication with teachers to provide clarity and consistency of role within lessons
  • Deliver/lead small group teaching within clearly defined/planned parameters using initiative, sensitivity and understanding
  • Build appropriate relationships with colleagues, pupils, parents, adults and stakeholders
  • Comply with policy and procedures for sharing confidential information and know when and where to seek advice
  • Implement current statutory guidance including ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ Part 1, safeguarding policies, Prevent Strategy
  • Undertake safeguarding training every 3 years
  • Support pupils’ well-being whilst embedding the importance of online safety
  • Contribute to a range of assessment processes and use information effectively for example: written records
  • Use specific feedback to help pupils make progress
  • Apply good subject knowledge to support accurate assessment
  • Work closely with teachers to ensure own contribution aligns with the teaching
  • Ensure regular communication with teachers to provide clarity and consistency of role within lessons
  • Deliver/lead small group teaching within clearly defined/planned parameters using initiative, sensitivity and understanding
  • Contribute to a range of assessment processes and use information effectively for example: written records
  • Use specific feedback to help pupils make progress
  • Apply good subject knowledge to support accurate assessment
  • Use school computer systems, including specialist software eg: online registration, intervention programmes and management information systems

Where you'll work

Acre Rigg Academy
Acre Rigg Road
Peterlee
County Durham
SR8 2DU

Training

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

College or training organisation

WOODSPEEN TRAINING LIMITED

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 study towards the Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard qualification via Woodspeen Training.

  • Specialist Teaching Assistant Tutors deliver training each week  (via Teams)
  • Tasks and assessments are ongoing to check your understanding and progress throughout the apprenticeship
  • Regular reviews are also conducted quarterly
  • End Point Assessment (EPA) is delivered by an independent end-point assessment organisation

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • English (grade C/4 or above)
  • Maths (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
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

Other requirements

Flexibility, trust, professional conduct, confidentiality and being respectful. Engage professionally as appropriate with outside professionals. Keep pupils at the centre of everything.

About this company

Tudhoe Learning Trust is committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of all the children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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

Company benefits

• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) • Cycle to work scheme • Onsite parking • Employee Assistance Programme • Employee discounts • Extensive CPD and upskilling opportunities

After this apprenticeship

  • A position within Tudhoe Learning Trust

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

WOODSPEEN TRAINING LIMITED

Jackie Bijkerk

Jackie.Bijkerk@woodspeentraining.co.uk

07751 922614

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000319964.

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Closes in 28 days (Tuesday 10 June 2025)

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