Apprentice Teaching Assistant (36285)
Clinton Primary School
Warwickshire (CV8 1DL)
Closes in 18 days (Friday 24 October 2025)
Posted on 3 October 2025
Contents
Summary
A great opportunity to join a school as a teaching assistant. Working under the overall supervision of the responsible teacher, you will support teaching and learning, working to assist in providing for general care, safety and welfare of pupils.
- 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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Term Time, Monday to Friday between 8:30am – 3.00pm.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 3 November 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
Typical tasks, duties and responsibilities include:
Curriculum support:
- Contribute to curriculum planning and evaluation and assist in implementation
- Assist in the delivery of lessons/sessions and interact with the teacher and pupils as required
- Undertake agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to pupil responses
- Support and use ICT in learning activities & develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use
Support for pupils:
- Support individuals or groups during independent /group work, e.g. explain tasks, reinforce key objectives/concepts or vocabulary, use practical apparatus, support less able pupils, extend/challenge more able, keep pupils on task, interested, motivated and engaged
- Occasional support to whole class for short periods (e.g. story reading)
- Help pupils to develop communication skills and role-play activity
- Promote inclusion and acceptance of all pupils, encourage them to interact and work co-operatively and engage in activities
- Promote independence and development of self-esteem
- Assist in the personal, social, emotional development of pupils and development of self-esteem
- Assist with the development and implementation of IEPs/behaviour plans
- Use specialist skills/ knowledge/ training to provide support in specialist areas
- Encourage and reinforce positive interactions between pupils working within any behaviour targets set
- Identify and report uncharacteristic behaviour patterns
- Assist with pupil supervision on trips off the premises, under overall guidance of the teacher
- Monitor and provide for general care, safety and welfare of pupils, including tasks connected with their social inclusion and personal/physical care
Support to teacher:
- Assist with lesson/activity planning, delivery and evaluation
- Monitor individual/group achievements of key objectives and provide feedback to the teacher
- Contribute to pupil assessment through observation and reporting
- Record information relevant to assessment and review of pupils’ progress
- Attend IEP and statement review meetings if appropriate
- Support implementation of strategies to manage pupil behaviour and help manage pupil behaviour
- Active involvement in day-to-day management of the learning environment, including responsibility for the care and preparation of teaching aids, equipment, materials and differentiated resources
- Undertake routine and non-routine administrative tasks, e.g. produce worksheets, administer coursework
- Liaise with parents/carers, specialist teachers and other professional staff, share and provide information
What you could go on to do:
Possible progression within the company and progression onto the next level of apprenticeship.
How you will be supported?
Full training and support will be provided by The Growth Company to help you achieve your apprenticeship and reach your full potential in your role.
What will happen next?
New applicants to The Growth Company who meet any basic entry requirements of the role will be contacted within two working days to be invited to meet a member of our team. You will then have the opportunity to find out:
- More about this vacancy and any others you are suitable for
- Any training you need to complete
- What the next steps will be
Where you'll work
Clinton Primary School
1 Caesar Road
Kenilworth
Warwickshire
CV8 1DL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED
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
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade A*-C/9-4)
- Maths (grade A*-C/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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Committed to safeguarding
- Proactive
About this employer
Clinton Primary School is a thriving school, rated OUTSTANDING by Ofsted in May 2019, on the Southwest edge of Kenilworth. We are passionate about providing a fantastic environment, where everyone really matters, and where children can excel in a whole variety of ways. We believe in developing children’s confidence so that they relish taking on new challenges and can grow their strengths and talents, ready to use to help others. Children contribute to the life of our community in many ways and learning is designed to give them a great sense of purpose and engagement, as well as a strong sense of citizenship and compassion towards others. ‘Quality and importance of positive relationships’ is something we, as staff, model and encourage so that, as well as achieving strongly academically, we can feel proud of our children’s development in lots more ways.
After this apprenticeship
Possible progression within the company and progression onto the next level of apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE GROWTH COMPANY LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000344859.
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Closes in 18 days (Friday 24 October 2025)
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