Apprentice Teaching Assistant
Our Lady & St Anne's Catholic Primary School
Newcastle upon Tyne (NE4 6EB)
Closes in 30 days (Friday 13 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 13 May 2025
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Summary
As an Apprentice Teaching Assistant at Our Lady & St Anne’s Catholic Primary School you'll play an active and rewarding role in the classroom - supporting engaging lessons, leading small group activities, and working closely with passionate educators to bring learning to life for every student.
- Wage
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£14,526.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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The apprentice rate of pay of £7.55 per hour will apply for apprentices aged under 19. Actual Annual Salary Range –£12,473 – £20,172
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Term Time + 5 Days. Monday – Thursday, 8.00am - 4.00pm, Friday, 8.00am - 3.30pm ½ hour lunch break.
37 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
Your day to day duties as an apprentice Teaching Assistant will include:
General:
- Supporting the teacher in the general management of the classroom
- Undertaking activities, as directed by the teacher, with individuals or small groups of pupils
- Providing clerical and administrative support, e.g. administering coursework and preparing work sheets
- Supervising groups of pupils alone and participating in general activities including giving sensitive support and intervention in children’s play
- Undertaking routine invigilation and marking
Classroom Organisation:
- Responsible for the organisation, classroom maintenance, setting out, clearing away and care of resources to create a purposeful and attractive learning environment
- Assisting in the preparation, maintenance and repair of books, apparatus and equipment, to include cataloguing and stocktaking of all resources
- Preparing pupils’ work for display in the classroom and around the school
- Demonstrating creativity in assisting with the practical resourcing of the classroom
Pupil Support:
- Working with pupils directly on curriculum related tasks under the direction of the teacher
- Contributing to the delivery of all aspects of the curriculum for pupils, including assessment, recording and reporting procedures and the maintenance of Individual Education Plans (IEP’s), including the preparation of reports and reviews under the guidance of a designated teacher
- Giving relevant feedback to the teacher regarding the social, emotional and physical needs of pupils thus offering the teacher support in their assessment
- Contributing to monitoring and evaluating the learning environment provided for the pupils in his/her care and using this evaluation to help make necessary changes and developments within the classroom
- Working with teachers and other staff in planning the teaching programme and associated activities
- Taking an active role in liaising with external agencies and preparing reports for and contributing to reviews
- Following the school policy documents and schemes of work to keep updated with school and National Curriculum documentation
Welfare and other duties:
- Under teacher overall control, accepting shared responsibility for the creation of a safe environment for pupils within and outside the classroom
- Assisting in the supervision of pupils particularly at break periods and the beginning and end of sessions
- Providing general care and welfare by responding appropriately to the social, emotional and physical needs of pupils. This might include attending to sick or injured pupils, taking sick pupils home and investigating reasons for absence
- Administer medication to pupils in accordance with the school’s policy and procedures (only where the postholder, in accordance with the LEA guidance, has agreed to be the named volunteer for this task)
- Supervising other Support Assistants as required
General:
- Promote and implement the Trust's equalities policies in all aspects of employment and service delivery
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people s/he is responsible for or comes into contact with
- Assist in maintaining a healthy, safe, and secure environment and to act in accordance with the Trust’s policies and procedures
- Promote understanding of the Trust’s mission, vision and values and lead by example through outstanding professional conduct
Where you'll work
Our Lady & St. Anne's Catholic Primary School
Summerhill Terrace
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE4 6EB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
DERWENTSIDE 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
- Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
- Apprenticeship qualification is completed fully within the workplace meaning no requirement to attend college
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade 4/C)
- Maths (grade 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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Two references from current and previous employers (or education establishment if applicant not in employment) Bishop Bewick Application form must be completed and sent to Trust.
About this company
Our Trust is a family of 39 Roman Catholic schools across Newcastle, North Tyneside & Northumberland. We have a shared vision to ensure that all the children in our schools experience the best education possible.
After this apprenticeship
- Although a permanent position cannot be guaranteed, candidates who have successfully completed their apprenticeship would be actively encouraged to apply for any appropriate vacancies as they arise across the Trust’s 39 schools
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DERWENTSIDE COLLEGE
Apprenticeship Recruitment Team
apprenticeships@derwentside.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000320157.
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Closes in 30 days (Friday 13 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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