Apprentice Teaching Assistant - Chiltern Wood School
Chiltern Wood School
High Wycombe (3 available locations)
Closes in 23 days (Sunday 31 August 2025)
Posted on 7 August 2025
Contents
Summary
We are currently recruiting 3 Apprentices to join us at each of our sites. The successful candidate will provide support for students with special educational needs and/or disabilities in order to help all students to achieve their full potential.
- Wage
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£12,955.80 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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32.75. Full Time Hours: Monday 8.15am – 15.30pm, Tues-Fri 8.30-3.30pm (1 day). Day release– during Apprenticeship
32 hours 45 minutes 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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3
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 may involve supporting an individual or a group of pupils with a particular assignment, or providing invaluable general support to the teacher in the classroom, which makes the work very rewarding.
- As part of the apprenticeship, you will complete a level 3 qualification with one day per week on day release.
- You will have good numeracy and literacy skills and be comfortable working with students. You must be reliable and punctual, friendly and polite, be proactive with the ability to show initiative and have the desire to develop in the role. You will also need to be able to form effective relationships with staff.
- Our Cressex and Studley Green Site support children with severe and complex learning needs, and our Downley site supports pupils with complex medical needs (PMLD) as well as severe learning difficulties.
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- Chiltern Wood School, Verney Avenue Cressex, High Wycombe, HP12 3NE
- Chiltern Wood School, Faulkner Way Downley, High Wycombe, HP13 5HB
- Chiltern Wood School, Water End Road Studley Green, High Wycombe, HP14 3XN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNCIL
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
You will work towards the Teaching Assistant Level 3 Standard qualification, attending monthly training sessions with your tutor/assessor, where you will meet other apprentices from local schools providing excellent peer to peer learning via on-line.
Functional skills if required.
There are assignments and live evidence gained within the workplace where you will embed your learning and gain further training hands on training from your mentor and teacher within school. You will have access to your programme outside of your sessions via our e-portfolio system Laser Learning.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade A - C or above or 4-9)
- Maths (grade A-C or above/4-9)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Commitment to learning
Other requirements
You will be well supported by experienced and welcoming staff within a well-run, hard-working school who put the wellbeing of pupils and staff at the forefront. We pride ourselves on building positive relationships with our pupils, their families and supporting professionals to enable communication, physical, social and emotional development for each individual. Chiltern Wood follows a therapeutic approach and is well-supported by occupational and speech and language therapists who work across all sites. If you are interested in learning how to contribute purposefully to the educational and social development of children and young people and you feel you have the qualities to successfully attend to their welfare and emotional needs, we want to hear from you!
About this employer
Chiltern Wood School is a Special School currently supporting over 200 students ranging from ages 3 to 19 years, located across three sites in Cressex, Studley Green and Downley. We offer the opportunity to become part of a team of caring professionals, contributing purposefully to meeting the special educational needs of children in the High Wycombe area. You will be well supported by welcoming and knowledgeable staff within a well-run, hard-working school which holds as its core value the wellbeing of its pupils, parents and staff.
After this apprenticeship
There may be a chance of a permanenet position at the end of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNCIL
ajoseph@chilternwood.bucks.sch.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000336032.
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Closes in 23 days (Sunday 31 August 2025)
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