Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprentice
Burnley High School
Padiham (BB12 6NX)
Closes in 22 days (Wednesday 23 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 1 July 2025
Contents
Summary
Burnley High School are looking to recruit a teaching assistant apprentice to support with the teaching of students aged 11-16 years old.
- Wage
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£14,526.20 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 8am-4.30pm
37 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
- To work under the direct instruction of teaching/senior staff, within the classroom with the teacher, supporting access to learning for pupils and providing general support to the teacher in the management of pupils and the classroom.
- To support pupils to overcome barriers to learning, promoting the inclusion of all pupils by developing their communication skills, supporting them to manage their behaviour, developing independence and social skills and to take responsibility for monitoring/reporting on the impact of classroom-based interventions.
- To provide teacher support, supervision, guidance and learning opportunities in all non-lesson-based activities as designated by the class teacher.
Skills and Personal Qualities required
- Experience of working with or caring for children of relevant age
- Basic understanding of child development and learning
- Knowledge of how to support the development of independence
- How to support phonics and reading development including use of cued articulation
- Excellent written communication skills and a high level of ICT literacy
- Ability to relate well to children
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Good time management and organisational skills
- Knowledge of the concept of confidentiality
- Flexible attitude to work
Where you'll work
Burnley High School
Byron Street
Padiham
BB12 6NX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
BURNLEY 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
Training will be delivered onsite at Burnley High School.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
Maths and English (grade A*-B/9-5)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
- Presentation skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
Other requirements
The role is term-time only.
About this company
Burnley High School is a secondary school based in West Burnley. We are a caring school with high academic expectations and excellent pastoral care underpinned by a very strong ethos of FAMILY. Working together with the Education Partnership Trust, we provide a curriculum that is both creative, challenging and innovative as we are dedicated to enabling our students to become global citizens who leave our school well-prepared for the working world into which they will enter.
After this apprenticeship
Potential for full-time Teaching Assistant job at the end of the apprenticeship and movement in to HLTA roles in the future.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BURNLEY COLLEGE
Themis Team
themis@burnley.ac.uk
01282 733005
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000328955.
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Closes in 22 days (Wednesday 23 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
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