Teaching assistant apprenticeship
RAINBOW EDUCATION MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Southport (PR8 2QZ)
Closes on Saturday 29 November 2025
Posted on 16 September 2025
Contents
Summary
Shoreside Primary School is seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and dedicated Apprentice Teaching Assistant to join our welcoming team. We are looking for someone passionate about helping us provide a nurturing and stimulating learning environment for our children. As an apprentice, your key responsibilities will be to assist the class teacher.
- Wage
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£11,778 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- Friday shifts TBC.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 30 December 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- 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
- Assisting the class teacher in delivering a varied and engaging curriculum.
- Building positive relationships with children to support their development.
- Working with small groups or individual children under the guidance of the teacher to help them with specific tasks or activities.
- Supporting the implementation of learning interventions, such as phonics or numeracy programmes.
- Helping with general classroom duties, such as preparing resources and tidying up.
- Assisting with administrative tasks, like taking the register or photocopying.
- Supporting the supervision of children during play and lunchtimes.
Where you'll work
Westminster Drive
Southport
PR8 2QZ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
ACCESS FURTHER EDUCATION 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
Requirements
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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Initiative
About this employer
We are extremely proud of all that goes on here. The children are extremely important to us and central to everything we do. We love to watch how the children grow into resilient, capable young people ready for the next stage of their lives. We promote life long learning and strive to give children a wide range of opportunities. We are very keen that parents are partners and enjoy working with you to develop our children. We live through our values; Endurance, Wisdom, Trust, Excellence and Friendship. Our vision ‘To ensure that EACH AND EVERY CHILD, no matter what their background or circumstance, reaches their potential and leaves us ready for the next stage of life.’ encapsulates everything that we do. We are part of Rainbow Education Multi Academy Trust, which is a family of 8 schools across the North West. We offer spaces for children aged 2-11 years old. In our Nursery provision we offer 15 hours (universal offer) and 30 hours (funded offer) for eligible 3 and 4-year-olds. We have a busy Breakfast Club and offer a wide range of After School Clubs.
After this apprenticeship
Completing a Teaching Assistant apprenticeship provides you with the skills and experience to support pupils in the classroom and help teachers deliver high-quality learning. After this apprenticeship, you could progress into roles such as:
- Experienced Teaching Assistant / Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) – taking on more responsibility, such as leading small group work or covering classes.
- Special Educational Needs (SEN) Support – specialising in supporting pupils with additional needs.
- Learning Mentor or Pastoral Support Roles – providing guidance and support for pupils’ wellbeing and behaviour.
- Teacher Training – with further study and qualifications, you could progress into becoming a fully qualified teacher.
This apprenticeship gives you a strong foundation to build a long-term career in education, with plenty of opportunities for further development.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ACCESS FURTHER EDUCATION LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000341458.
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Closes on Saturday 29 November 2025
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