Apprentice
Molehill Primary Academy
Kent (ME15 7ND)
Closes in 17 days (Monday 3 November 2025)
Posted on 13 October 2025
Contents
Summary
Future prospects: This apprenticeship could be the start of a very promising career within the wider business.
- Wage
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£12,759.50 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
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Actual salary £12,239 per annum (£16,200 full time equivalent)
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Working weeks: Monday - Friday, Term Time + 1 Week Inset Total hours per week: 32.5 (including the 20% training element of the apprenticeship) - start and finish times to be agreed
32 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Friday 2 January 2026
- 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
Future prospects: This apprenticeship could be the start of a very promising career within the wider business. We endeavour to offer further employment following successful performance and completion of the Level 3 course, with future opportunities to extend your training with a higher-level apprenticeship programme. We offer in-house Continuing Professional Development and you’ll be part of a highly experienced and efficient team – you’ll be learning from the very best!
Where futures begin: Launch your career in education at Leigh Academy Molehill.
Where you'll work
Hereford Road
Maidstone
Kent
ME15 7ND
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LEIGH ACADEMIES TRUST
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
Our school is more than just a place to learn, it's a place to grow. This apprenticeship offers you the chance to earn while you learn, gaining practical, on-the-job experience while working towards a nationally recognised qualification. We are looking for a highly motivated individual with a strong grasp of both spoken and written English and Mathematics and excellent communication skills. No prior experience is required—just a genuine interest in supporting students and a commitment to learning.
Apprenticeship Summary:
- Annual wage: Actual salary £12,239 per annum (£16,200 full-time equivalent)
- Working weeks: Monday - Friday, Term Time + 1 Week Inset
- Total hours per week: 32.5 (including the 20% training element of the apprenticeship) - start and finish times to be agreed
- Apprenticeship duration: 18 months approx
- Anticipated start date: January 2026
- Apprenticeship level: Advanced Level Apprenticeship (Level 3)
- Apprenticeship standard: Teaching Assistant
- Essential entry qualifications: GCSEs A* - C, maths and English (desirable)
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
- Customer care skills
- Team working
- Non judgemental
About this employer
Working for Molehill Primary Academy: Our academy is a happy, caring and secure community which offers a stimulating learning environment. By developing potential and self-esteem we help everyone to become a unique, responsible, considerate and successful individual. Our academy caters for boys and girls from the age of 4-11 years. It is well equipped, having its own library, dining hall, assembly hall, sports field and wooded copse. At Molehill, we aim to give every child the very best start possible to their education through vibrant and engaging teaching, enabling the children to become active learners and by using an exciting, broad and balanced curriculum. Throughout the school, we want our children to enjoy a wide range of experiences which bring the curriculum to life and make learning fun. All staff work hard to ensure the best possible quality of education for the children in every year group. It stands in beautiful grounds that we have developed specially to aid curriculum studies.
After this apprenticeship
Future prospects: This apprenticeship could be the start of a very promising career within the wider business. We endeavour to offer further employment following successful performance and completion of the Level 3 course with future opportunities to extend your training with a higher level apprenticeship programme. We offer in-house Continuing Professional Development and you’ll be part of a highly experienced and efficient team – you’ll be learning from the very best!
Where futures begin: Launch your career in education at Leigh Academy Molehill.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Molehill Primary Academy
Amy Wenban
joinus@latrust.org.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000346242.
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Closes in 17 days (Monday 3 November 2025)
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