Teaching Assistant Apprentice
Embark Federation Trust - Anthony Gell School
Wirksworth (DE4 4DX)
Closes in 12 days (Tuesday 9 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 27 August 2025
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Summary
Anthony Gell School is looking to appoint an enthusiastic & motivated Apprentice Teaching Assistant to join our excellent school. The role involves working under the direction & guidance of class teachers & SENDCO to supervise & provide specific supports for students with additional needs, to enable them to learn independently & within a group.
- Wage
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£11,778 to £19,047.60, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday in termtime plus inset days (39 weeks)
8:50am to 3:30pm with unpaid break and lunch
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 29 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
The apprenticeship role involves the following:
- Liaising effectively with colleagues, managers, students and parents/carers
- Be an effective mentor and role model for students
- To promote high expectations of students with learning, development and behaviour
- To support students and their integration to classroom environments; supporting their access to the curriculum
- To facilitate and support groups of students in Key Stage 3, 4 and 5 (Year 7 to 13)
- Contribute to the management of transition arrangements for students
Where you'll work
Anthony Gell School
Wood Street
Wirksworth
DE4 4DX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DERBYSHIRE COUNTY 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
The Apprenticeship Scheme is run in conjunction with a training provider to ensure that you are supported by a first-class training programme. You will attend a class or workshop once a week - either face to face or online - from one of our Adult Education Centres, located across the county, which will enable you to achieve the following qualifications:
- Teaching Assistant apprenticeship Level 3
- Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours to enable you to enter gateway for the End Point Assessment
- Functional Skills at Level 2, English, maths, if required
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade A*-C or 9-4)
- Maths (grade A*-C or 9-4)
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
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
In line with the school’s Safeguarding requirements, the successful candidate will require an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.
About this employer
Anthony Gell School is a very successful, fully inclusive, 11-18 comprehensive school situated in the Derbyshire Dales within the market town of Wirksworth. The school takes its name from a 16th Century benefactor who helped to first establish the school in 1576. The school benefits from the support of the Anthony Gell Foundation and occupies a generous plot close to the centre of the town. Our school is within easy reach of the major centres of Derby and Chesterfield, as well as the beautiful Peak District National Park. Anthony Gell School is able to provide opportunities for academic excellence in a caring and supportive environment; this forms the essence of the identity of the school. As well as serving Wirksworth and the villages nearby, Anthony Gell School attracts a growing number of students from further afield; with approximately one third of our intake coming to us from outside of our catchment area. The school is oversubscribed, with more families wanting to join us than we have places for. There is a waiting list for admission into most year groups. Anthony Gell is a school at the heart of the community, with many families maintaining close links to the school for several generations. The staff body is made up of a blend of youth and experience. Students and staff share a sense of pride in their school which is reflected in an atmosphere of mutual respect and understanding for each other, the school environment, and the wider community. In 2023, AGS formally joined the other schools within the Embark Federation. Embark is a Multi Academy Trust (MAT), of Derbyshire Schools. The Trust’s core beliefs of Family, Integrity, Teamwork and Success closely match those of Anthony Gell School. Our membership of Embark has helped our school to continue to grow and develop via outstanding partnerships and collaboration. Visitors are warmly welcomed to experience first-hand the unique ethos of the school. If you would like to arrange a visit, please do not hesitate to contact Fran Calladine, PA to the Headteacher, via her email address fcalladine@anthonygell.co.uk. More information about our school can be found by visiting www.anthonygell.co.uk
https://www.anthonygell.co.uk (opens in new tab)
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
- Candidates will be able to progress into the Teaching Assistant Role; whilst employed by Embark Federation the candidate will also have access to internal job opportunities across the Trust
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DERBYSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000338388.
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Closes in 12 days (Tuesday 9 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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