Apprentice Teaching Assistant
Iwade School
Iwade Sittingbourne (ME9 8RS)
Closes in 19 days (Thursday 24 July 2025)
Posted on 4 July 2025
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Summary
Join our friendly primary school as a TA and take your first step into a rewarding career in education. You'll work alongside experienced staff to support children’s learning, development, and well-being both in and out of the classroom. This job will be varied and exciting, with the opportunity to work with a variety of students across the school.
- Wage
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£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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£7.55 per hour £226.50 per week (30 hours per week, term time only)
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday – Friday
8.30 – 3.15
15 min tea break (AM) unpaid
30 min lunch break (unpaid)
30 hours a week, term time only
(38 weeks and 2 days per year).
30 hours 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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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
We are looking for someone that shares our ethos, someone who is passionate, motivated and enthusiastic about helping children to achieve their goals.
You will:
- Provide teaching support in small groups and where necessary be assigned to individual pupils in order to aid the teacher
- Liaise with the teacher to understand the objectives of each session
- Assist the teacher with observations and monitoring of the progress of children, both educationally and socially
- Keep up to date written records for supported pupils
- Promote positive behaviour patterns, raise self-esteem, and improve independent working in children to assist their education and growth
- Participate and supervise pupils during off site activities, supervise in PE lessons and at playtime to ensure the safety of the children and administer first aid as required
- Make materials and resources for teachers or pupils and assist with mounting of work
- Assist with preparation and clearing away of the classroom and materials to ensure effective teaching
- To attend meetings with members of the Senior Leadership Team (SLT)
- To attend training sessions as requested by SLT
- To undertake any other duties as directed by SLT
Where you'll work
Iwade School
School Lane
Iwade Sittingbourne
ME9 8RS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
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
- The programme offers a blended curriculum combining engaging online classes with adapted 1:1 support from a dedicated tutor
- This tutor collaborates with both apprentices and employers to create a tailored programme designed to support your progression
- You’ll benefit from at least 7.14 average hours of weekly training or study time during your working hours
More training information
- On the job training with the employer whilst working towards the Apprenticeship Standard
- Regular work-based assessments/observations carried out by Kent Training & Apprenticeships Tutor Assessor, to determine competency and meet with Awarding Body standards
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
English (grade 4 or 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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Ability to communicate at all
Other requirements
Experience with young children or classroom experience an advantage
About this company
Bourne Alliance Multi Academy Trust is made up of four schools, Aspire school, Bobbing Village, Grove Park Primary and Iwade School. Each school has its own individual characteristics and sits at the centre of their community. We are a three-form primary school at the heart of the village of Iwade on the outskirts of Sittingbourne, Kent. Our school is organised in to three communities: Sky, Forest and Ocean. Each community runs through from Year R to Year 6 - this is to build the community ethos of a small school within a school model.
After this apprenticeship
- Potential for permanent employment for the right candidate
- You could progress from admin assistant to supervisor or office manager
- You could also move into other schools, specialised teaching assistant
- Diploma of Higher Education / Foundation Degree (Level 4/5)
- Being an apprentice will help you develop professional skills whilst earning a salary with some of Kent’s best companies
- Gain professional skills and experience to enhance your CV and make it more attractive to potential employers
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
KENT COUNTY COUNCIL
Kent Training and Apprenticeships Business Support Team
KT&A@kent.gov.uk
08007314297
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000329386.
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Closes in 19 days (Thursday 24 July 2025)
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