Apprentice Teaching Assistant
Kirton Primary School
Boston (PE20 1HY)
Closes in 7 days (Friday 20 June 2025)
Posted on 6 June 2025
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Summary
Join the Kirton Primary School team and train alongside professional staff to qualify as a Level 3 Teaching Assistant.
- Wage
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£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
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- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday term time only to cover the school day plus up to ten twilight sessions a year. Released one afternoon a week to attend college sessions (these may be via Teams).
29 hours 45 minutes a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 2 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 9 months
- Positions available
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2
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
• To be involved in the planning and record keeping of children’s development
• Sharing in the care and well-being of the children throughout the nursery
• Assisting in creating a stimulating environment that enhances the children’s social and educational development
• Developing children’s social skills by supporting children in groups
• Providing support to the teacher across a range of child centred activities to promote child development and learning.
• Following and implementing the school’s behaviour policy and any related policies and procedures.
• Maintaining and respecting confidentiality.
• Attending team meetings and training when required.
• Attending college when required and keeping up to date with coursework.
Where you'll work
Kirton Primary School
Station Road
Kirton
Boston
PE20 1HY
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
BOSTON 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
Working within the school setting, supported by Boston College who will deliver the apprenticeship to you. Visits to the college may be required during the apprenticeship.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 or C and above)
- Maths (grade 4 or C and 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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this company
The ethos of our school is such that open and supportive relationships exist between all members or our school community. We foster close working partnerships with parents and carers. Children are encouraged to understand British Values and to contribute to the life and work of both their school and the wider community. We have a rich and stimulating curriculum. Our intention is that every child will develop into an inquisitive and confident learner and fulfil their full potential through the experiences we provide. Our school is one of the highest performing schools in the country.
After this apprenticeship
A career within early years.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Kirton Primary School
Lisa Lea
lisa.lea@kirton-boston.lincs.sch.uk
01205 722236
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000324857.
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Closes in 7 days (Friday 20 June 2025)
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