APPRENTICE TEACHING ASSISTANT LEVEL 3
Padiham Primary School
Burnley (BB12 8SJ)
Closes on Friday 12 September 2025
Posted on 8 July 2025
Contents
Summary
We can offer a friendly and welcoming school community with well behaved, happy, motivated and independent learners. Dedicated and supportive colleagues who are committed to raising standards. Support for continued professional development.
- Wage
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£11,778 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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30 hours per week.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 4 November 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
- Assist the class teacher in preparing lessons and resources
- Support pupils with their learning under the guidance of the class teacher
- Contribute to a positive class atmosphere and support with classroom displays
- Work with individuals and small groups of children, including those with SEND, to promote the best outcomes
- Encourage positive behaviour and assist with supervision of children during break and lunch times
- Help with record keeping, simple marking of pupils' work and administrative tasks
Where you'll work
Burnley Road
Padiham
Burnley
BB12 8SJ
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)
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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
As part of this role, the successful candidate will be supported to successfully complete the apprenticeship standard, TA - Level 3. The apprentice will be mentored initially through induction, statutory policies and procedures and subsequently in school training in their role. They will be will be expected to support their own development and be independent in their record keeping and detailing of 'off-the-job' training.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade 4 or better)
- Maths (grade 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
- Administrative skills
About this company
I am very proud to welcome you to this wonderful school. We pride ourselves in being a happy, safe caring and progressive school. At Padiham Primary we are totally committed to continually improving teaching and learning, there are high expectations for all groups of pupils and our motto is, 'Success through Effort' and we feel this promotes resilience and perseverance in our children who try their best and grow into independent learners always ready to take on new challenges.
After this apprenticeship
The apprentice can expect to be in a position to apply for teaching assistant jobs, having had experience in more than one year group. There would not be any guarantee of a job at our school, though staff would assist with applications, interview and task preparation.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NELSON AND COLNE COLLEGE
j.mellor@padiham.lancs.sch.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000330653.
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Closes on Friday 12 September 2025
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