Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship

COOMBE SECONDARY SCHOOLS ACADEMY TRUST

Surbiton (KT5 9QP)

Closes in 16 days (Friday 8 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 22 July 2025

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Summary

Completely fully-funded qualifications. Spend at least 6 hours of your contracted working hours studying towards your apprenticeship. Great progression opportunities.

Wage

£12,563.20 to £20,317.44, depending on your age

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Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 3.30pm but 1 day a week 8.30am - 4.30pm

32 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

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

  • Deliver work, care or support programmes to individual pupils or groups to enable access to learning for all pupils
  • Provide general support to the class teacher in the management and organisation of the pupils resources (to include specialist resource provision for children with autism) in the classroom
  • Support the teacher in behaviour management and reinforcing agreed policies and procedures specific to the SRP and the whole school
  • Support in the development of other key skills which aid pupils’ learning, e.g. Numeracy, Literacy
  • Help translate tasks at pupil level by restructuring them into achievable steps
  • Take appropriate action related to any problems or emergencies that occur during the lesson in accordance with the School’s policies and procedures
  • Help to care for unwell children
  • Provide general administrative support to the teacher e.g. photocopying, filing, laminating, collecting money etc.
  • Provide general organisation support to the school e.g. duties and educational visits
  • Support the provision team to implement key strategies and approaches used within the Specialist resource provision

Where you'll work

Knollmead
Surbiton
KT5 9QP

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

ACHIEVING FOR CHILDREN COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

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.

Training schedule

Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • IT skills
  • Team working
  • Initiative

About this employer

Primary School

After this apprenticeship

  • Full time role at the workplace or further education

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ACHIEVING FOR CHILDREN COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000333080.

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Closes in 16 days (Friday 8 August 2025 at 11:59pm)

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