Apprentice Teaching Assistant
LIONHEART ACADEMIES TRUST
Newhall (DE11 0TR)
Closes in 14 days (Sunday 10 August 2025)
Posted on 25 July 2025
Contents
Summary
Work under the direct supervision of the Assistant Headteacher and the classroom teacher to provide support for teaching and learning and associated activities in accordance with school policies and procedures. This may include providing general support for whole class learning activities or supporting individuals or small groups of children.
- 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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Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 3.30pm with 1-hours unpaid lunch
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 22 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
Duties to include but not limited to:
- Provide agreed support to the teacher in the delivery of planned whole class learning activities
- Work under the direct supervision of a teacher to carry out planned learning activities with small groups or individual children, providing feedback on their engagement in activities and their achievement of the desired learning objectives
- Help prepare, monitor and maintain a safe and secure learning environment in line with the teacher's lesson plans
- Observe and feed back to the teacher on student performance and behaviour, taking action as appropriate in line with relevant school policies
- Support the physical, intellectual, emotional and social development of students, including contributing ideas and suggestions to support planning, to meet their development needs
- Interact with and respond positively to children, young people and adults
- Develop positive relationships with colleagues, providing consistent and effective support and working constructively as a member of the school staff team
- Support children to improve their maths and English skills through focussed learning activities and more generally across the curriculum
- Prepare and support the use of learning materials, in accordance with the requirements of the teacher, in order to facilitate a relevant physical learning environment
- Provide care and encouragement to children and young people with disabilities or special educational needs, supporting them to participate in activities and liaising, if required, with parents/carers/other professionals as appropriate
- Contribute to the provision of support for bilingual/multilingual students if required
- Invigilate internal and external tests and examinations under formal conditions
- Encourage participation in structured and unstructured learning activities, including break and lunch (timetabled and during breaks if required)
Where you'll work
Chesterfield Avenue
Newhall
DE11 0TR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BURTON AND SOUTH DERBYSHIRE COLLEGE
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
- Level 3 Teaching Assistant apprenticeship standard
- Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)
This apprenticeship is delivered through a combination of Work Based Assessment and day/block release. The programme will culminate in an End Point Assessment, where all the skills and knowledge gained on the apprenticeship will be formally tested.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Creative
- Customer care skills
- Non judgemental
- Number skills
- Organisation skills
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Presentation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Time-Management
Other requirements
Successful applicant will be required to complete a full enhances DBS.
About this employer
The school caters for the pupils of Newhall and the surrounding areas. We are a junior school, ranging in pupil age from 7 – 11 years old. Part of the Lionheart academies trust
After this apprenticeship
Possibility of a position after apprenticeship completed.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BURTON AND SOUTH DERBYSHIRE COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000333894.
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