Teaching Assistant Apprentice (Hannah More Primary School - BS2 0LT)
Bristol City Council
Bristol (BS2 0LT)
Closes in 9 days (Saturday 6 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 28 August 2025
Contents
Summary
Hannah More Primary are seeking an apprentice TA to join and learn from our experienced Inclusion Team. Successful applicants will be working with pupils with a range of needs including Autism and emotional difficulties to help them access a mainstream school setting.
- Wage
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£12,759.50 to £20,634.90, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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32.5hours per week.
Monday to Friday, typically 8:30am to 3:30pm.
32 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 15 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
Teaching Assistants help support pupils through:
- Providing 1:1 and small group support during lessons to enable pupils to access whole class teaching
- Planning, preparing and delivering 1:1 and small group interventions in specific areas of need
- Supporting pupils at break times and lunch times to ensure their safety and promote positive play
- Preparing resources for class teacher or for interventions to be delivered
- Assisting pupils with personal care
Where you'll work
New Kingsley Road
Bristol
BS2 0LT
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CITY OF BRISTOL COLLEGE
Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
Training and Qualification Level
What training will the apprentice take and what qualification will the apprentice get at the end?
- Teaching Assistant Level 3
- Supporting the class teacher to enhance learning.
- City of Bristol College
- Off site in its entirety
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE 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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Initiative
- Patience
- Empathy
- Listening
- Energy
- Enthusiasm
About this employer
Hannah More is a nurturing school at the heart of the community in central Bristol. We have a diverse intake of pupils from many different countries. Our welcoming school has a positive and committed staff team. The school has a wide range of needs including pupils with Speech and language difficulties, Emotional difficulties, physical difficulties and Autism. The school has a specialist classroom for supporting pupils with social communication difficulties and a Nurture classroom to support pupils with social and emotional difficulties. Apprentices will be given the opportunity to learn from all these settings and work with a range of needs.
https://www.hannahmore.org.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Free onsite parking Free tea and coffee
After this apprenticeship
Successful apprentices are very likely to be offered a permanent role at the school. The school has a good reputation for training and developing staff.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CITY OF BRISTOL COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000338675.
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Closes in 9 days (Saturday 6 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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