Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship
Pyrland School
Taunton (TA2 7QP)
Closes in 21 days (Friday 11 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 20 June 2025
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Summary
We are looking to recruit a resilient, committed, energetic and highly motivated Teaching Assistant Apprentice. The successful candidate will be passionate about learning and committed to making a difference to the pupils of our school.
- Wage
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£12,955.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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Vacancy is term time only - actual annual salary £10,955
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 3.30pm Term-time plus Inset days.
Total hours per week: 32.5 hours a week.
32 hours 30 minutes 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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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
Learning support is delivered individually and in groups through a range of tasks, mainly:
- Supporting and directing literacy and numeracy tasks, clarifying and explaining instructions
- Focusing support in areas needing improvement, both academic and social
- Working with and supporting students to ensure they are able to use ICT and other specialist equipment to enhance their learning
- Motivating and encouraging students to concentrate on and fulfil the tasks set
- Undertaking learning activities with students of varying abilities to ensure differentiation and access to the curriculum
- Seeking to ensure the promotion and reinforcement of students’ self-esteem, appropriate levels of effort and behaviour and guiding students to become independent learners
- Reviewing individual student targets
Where you'll work
Pyrland School
Cheddon Road
Taunton
TA2 7QP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
RICHARD HUISH TRUST
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
- Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Standard
- Functional skills in maths, English (Level 2) (if required)
- Apprentices will be working towards achieving the knowledge, skills and behaviours for the Teaching Assistant Standard
This is achieved on completion of an externally assessed end-point assessment. Learners will need to complete a portfolio of evidence to support this and the EPA consists of the following activities.
Practical observation with questions & answers.
Professional discussion supported by a portfolio of evidence
Training provider:
- Richard Huish College, South Road, Taunton. TA13DZ
- Training will take place once a fortnight
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4)
- Maths (grade C/4)
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
- Organisation skills
- Number skills
- Good literacy skills
- Good time management
- Observe and monitor progress
Other requirements
The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. • This post is subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. • Please note this is a term time only role and your annual salary will reflect this
About this company
Pyrland School, sponsored by the outstanding Richard Huish Trust, is an 11-16 academy in the north of Taunton. With modern, impressive facilities, the academy currently caters for approximately 1000 students, with an increasing roll anticipated to see numbers rise to in the region of 1200 over the next few years. Taunton is Somerset’s county town and has easy access to the M5. Somerset is a lovely place to live with the stunning Somerset Levels, Quantock Hills and Blackdowns on your doorstep. Pyrland School (North Site) Cheddon Road Taunton TA2 7QP
After this apprenticeship
- Whilst we are unable to guarantee a permanent contract at the end of the apprenticeship, we expect opportunities for permanent employment to become available
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
RICHARD HUISH TRUST
Apprenticeship Recruitment Team
apprenticeship@richuish.ac.uk
01823 424603
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000327259.
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Closes in 21 days (Friday 11 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
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