APPRENTICE TEACHING ASSISTANT (LEVEL 3)
HASLINGDEN PRIMARY SCHOOL
Rossendale (BB4 4BJ)
Closes in 4 days (Wednesday 11 June 2025)
Posted on 28 May 2025
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Summary
Haslingden Primary School is an inclusive and happy school. The school has an experienced and stable staff team. Leadership is strong at all levels and we are in a stable financial position. We are very proud of our school. Our children are very well behaved and highly motivated.
- 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 to Friday
Term Time only
8.45am to 3.15pm (half an hour unpaid lunch break).
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- 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
- Duties of a Teaching Assistant
- plan and implement teaching and learning activities to individuals and groups to undertake supervisory cover for classes as appropriate
- establish supportive and constructive relationships with pupils, parents, carers and the wider community
Where you'll work
Haslingden Primary School
Ryefield Avenue
Haslingden
Rossendale
BB4 4BJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
NELSON AND COLNE 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
- All inhouse CPD throughout the 24 months
- Safeguarding training
- Thorough induction
- Training on the delivery of specific curriculum interventions (e.g RWI)
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 or better)
- Maths (grade 4 or better)
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
- Team working
- Non judgemental
About this company
Our friendly school is situated in the heart of our community of Haslingden. The school has excellent facilities including a multipurpose hall, a gymnasium, astroturf, climbing wall, sports fields, full wireless coverage, laptops and iPads, interactive screens and a large IT suite. Our pupils have a strong voice in the school through their School Council. Our staff team is well established.
After this apprenticeship
- To be experienced and well equiped to apply for TA3 positions
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NELSON AND COLNE COLLEGE
01706 215947
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000323004.
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Closes in 4 days (Wednesday 11 June 2025)
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