TEACHING ASSISTANT APPRENTICE
Burnley Whittlefield Primary School
Burnley (BB12 0HL)
Closes in 23 days (Monday 30 June 2025)
Posted on 6 June 2025
Contents
Summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen at Whittlefield Primary School for a Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprentice to join our hardworking and dedicated team. The successful candidate will provide high quality learning opportunities and support that develop the whole child.
- Wage
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£13,741 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
35 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
- The successful apprentice will be supporting to provide a safe, happy and well-disciplined learning environment, which enables our children to acquire a wide range of knowledge, skills and practical abilities, support to implement learning activities working with individual or small groups of pupils
- Support to assist the development of varying skills that support pupils' learning, support in producing learning resources, support to assist in pupil supervision, support in monitoring and recording of pupil progress and developmental needs
- Reporting pupil progress to the teacher, work within the schools policy and procedures, working to the relevant apprenticeship standard/framework and completing work in a timely manner.
Where you'll work
Tabor Street
Burnley
BB12 0HL
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)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
Through training provider Nelson and Colne College. All in house training, and coaching and mentoring from experience staff.
Requirements
Desirable 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
About this company
On behalf of the Governors and staff, welcome to Whittlefield Primary School where we are dedicated to nurturing the potential of every child. As the Headteacher, I am proud to lead a community that values excellence, inclusivity, and a love for learning. At our school, we believe that education is more than just academic achievement—it’s about fostering creativity, building character, and preparing our pupils to thrive in an ever-changing world and be prepared to face challenges they may meet.
After this apprenticeship
After completing the Teaching Assistant (L3) qualification, the candidate will have gained their Level 3 qualification and will have knowledge and experience to apply for a position of TA3. Unfortunately, we cannot guarantee a full time position on completion, this will depend on available budget and business needs at the time.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Burnley Whittlefield Primary School
Mrs Stephanie Vent
01282 429419
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000324859.
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Closes in 23 days (Monday 30 June 2025)
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