Teaching Assistant Apprentice
Baildon Church of England Primary School
Shipley (BD17 6TE)
Closes on Thursday 4 September 2025
Posted on 30 July 2025
Contents
Summary
Baildon C of E Primary School are looking for two teaching assistant apprentices to join their team in September 2025. The school creates a strong sense of community, where every pupil is valued and respected.
- Wage
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£11,778 to £19,047.60, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
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In your first year of the apprenticeship your salary will be national minimum wage for apprentices and your second year will be confirmed at interview.
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday between 8.45am - 3.15pm.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 8 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 9 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
The main purpose of this role is to offer children a safe, secure, caring and supportive environment, providing opportunities to foster their growth and development within the school.
Support for pupils:
- Be ready to receive pupils on arrival to school and from break or lunchtime
- Support individual pupils’ learning activities, attend to additional learning needs, and help in development
- Help with the personal care and support of pupils
- Contribute to the health and well-being of pupils
- Establish and maintain relationships with individual pupils and groups
- Be an effective model for pupil behaviour
- Support pupils in achieving daily targets
- Support pupils’ in their individual learning and development, for example, in their acquisition of cognitive and learning skills
- Help pupils to develop their literacy and numeracy skills, and thus to improve their attainment across the curriculum
Support for the teacher:
- Help to prepare classroom resources and records for pupils
- Contribute to the management of pupils' behaviour, both in the classroom and on the playground, as required
- Support the school curriculum, especially literacy and numeracy activities
- Provide support for learning activities
- Support the use of ICT in the classroom
- Assist in the maintenance of a safe environment for pupils and staff
- Assist in the presentation of display materials
- Support teaching staff or senior colleagues with routine administration
- Contribute to the planning and evaluation of learning activities
- Support teachers in planning and preparing lessons, resources and the classroom during weekly planning meetings
- Assist in the recording of pupils’ progress
Support for the school:
- Monitor effective working relationships with colleagues and parents
- Attend weekly staff Briefing Meeting
- Contribute to the maintenance of pupils' safety and security
- Review and develop their own professional practice
- Recognise confidentiality, child protection procedures, Health & Safety, and the policies of the Governing Body and the MAT
- Assist the teaching staff in the smooth transition between educational phases
- Liaise effectively with parents and other parties, as required
Where you'll work
Coverdale Way
Baildon
Shipley
BD17 6TE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP
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 / C)
- Maths (grade 4 / C)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Team working
- Good literacy skills
- Good numeracy skills
- Listening skills
- Approchable
- Ability to be flexible
About this employer
The school creates a strong sense of community, where every pupil is valued and respected. Deep mutual respect between pupils and staff creates a safe and supportive environment. Pupils trust the adults around them, knowing they genuinely care about their well-being and success. This enables them to thrive, both personally and academically. Parents and carers value the care, support and opportunities that their children receive.
After this apprenticeship
- Potential full-time job upon completion of apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334648.
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Closes on Thursday 4 September 2025
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