Apprentice Teaching Assistant
Anthem Schools Trust
Lincoln (LN1 3JG)
Closes in 28 days (Friday 25 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 26 June 2025
Contents
Summary
Join our school as a Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprentice! Support high-quality, creative learning that nurtures the whole child. Help provide a safe, happy, and well-disciplined environment where children develop a wide range of knowledge, skills, and practical abilities.
- 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
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday times 8:30 – 15:30
32 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 8 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
Under the guidance of teachers, the successful candidate will be involved in working with individuals or small groups of children to support the education, personal and social development of pupils and establishing positive relationships to assist pupils in completing structured learning activities and supporting children by coming alongside them and supporting positive play experiences.
Duties may include:
• 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 framework and completing work in a timely manner.
• To undertake any of the duties normally associated with a Teaching Assistant to support with their training and development.
What your working week could look like:
• Meeting and greeting children and supporting with transition from parent/carer to keyworkers.
• Preparation of snacks.
• Supporting toilet training.
• Support children on a one-to-one basis or in small groups.
• Get creative in helping a child/children to understand what they are learning through play-based activities.
• Assist with planning and preparation of resources in the nursery classroom.
• Assist with lunchtime.
• Help with assessments and inputting of data
• Take charge of resource storage.
Where you'll work
Mount Street Academy
Mount Street
Lincoln
LN1 3JG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
LINCOLN 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
- The Apprentice will work towards their Apprenticeship Standard in Teaching Assistant level 3.
- The successful candidate will be assigned a dedicated assessor who will provide support and guidance throughout the course.
- This is a Day Release programme, which means you will attend Lincoln College, 1 day per week, term time only. This will fall within your contracted working hours.
More training information
Course outline:
https://skillsengland.education.gov.uk/apprenticeships/st0454-v1-1
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
English and Maths (grade A*/9 – 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
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Non judgemental
About this company
We are a Primary school (with nursery) situated in Lincoln, and we are deeply committed to high-quality professional development for all our staff.
After this apprenticeship
Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, the learner can progress into a role as a qualified Teaching Assistant within the primary education sector.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LINCOLN COLLEGE
Kateryna Shevchenko
apprenticeships@lincolncollege.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000328062.
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Closes in 28 days (Friday 25 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
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