Teaching Assistant Apprentice
CT Skills
Winscombe Mount, Nottingham, NG11 9FP (NG11 9FP)
Closes in 18 days (Friday 29 August 2025)
Posted on 11 August 2025
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Summary
You will provide support to pupils in class and small groups who may need additional support beyond the initial input. This support would be provided across the curriculum but predominantly in English and maths in the morning.
- Wage
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£14,526.20 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 to Friday 8am to 3.15pm.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 4 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
Your typical day will look like: * 08:00 ARRIVAL * 08:40 Pupils arrive - greet at the door or 1:1 soft starts. * 09:00 English - Support reading and writing lessons. * 10:15 Break * 10:30 Maths * 12:00 Lunch (30 mins lunch, 30 mins supporting pupils) * 13:00 Pupils return for afternoon lessons * 15:15 End of school day for pupils * Minimum of 6 hours per week spent on apprenticeship work and training.
Where you'll work
Winscombe Mount, Nottingham, NG11 9FP
NG11 9FP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CT SKILLS LIMITED
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'll attend monthly 1-2-1 meetings (online via teams every month - NO classroom OR college!) with your tutor and learn about modules including review & delivery, communication, pastoral, relationships & role modelling, learning & support, and more! You will be given a minimum of 3 hours per week to complete any apprenticeship work (assignments, research, and projects) and will receive at least another 3 hours of training from your employer.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
A Level 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
- Communication skills
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Organisation skills
- Patience
- Team working
About this employer
Highbank Primary are a school underpinned by a strong set of values: kindness, respect, and pride. They believe that by embracing kindness, respecting one another, and taking pride in all that they do, they create a culture where children and adults alike feel valued, empowered, and connected. Their warm and welcoming staff team are not only highly skilled and dedicated, but they are also passionate about supporting pupils to achieve their best.
After this apprenticeship
As with any apprenticeship opportunity - if you prove yourself to be a valuable member of the team there is a strong chance of a permanent post within the business.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CT SKILLS LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000336612.
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Closes in 18 days (Friday 29 August 2025)
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