Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship
Greater Manchester Independent School
Failsworth (M35 0UF)
Closes in 14 days (Tuesday 18 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 4 November 2025
Contents
Summary
To actively support GMIS vision, ethos and strategic development, supporting pupils aged 11 – 16 years old. Identify personal performance targets in line with the company’s performance management policy. Support students’ learning, progress and achievement and record and report upon student progress, including details on attendance.
- Wage
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£12,563.20 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, 32 hours per week. Shift times to be confirmed
32 hours a week
- Start date
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Sunday 1 March 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
Post Requirements
• To actively support GMIS vision, ethos and strategic development. Identify personal performance targets in line with the company’s performance management policy.
• Support students’ learning, progress and achievement and record and report upon student progress, including details on attendance, attitudes to learning and additional needs.
• To ensure that learners are able to achieve, experience success and aspire to future learning and employment.
• To promote the inclusion and acceptance of all students within the learning environment.
• To implement agreed learning activities/assessments, adjusting activities according to student need.
• To work with the teacher in lesson planning, evaluating and adjusting lessons/work plans as appropriate to meet the individual needs of the students.
• Contribute to the development of learning and assessment materials.
• To attend meetings to contribute to the discussions about individual students.
• To communicate sensitively and effectively with parents/carers.
• To attend parents/carers’ meetings as required, to lead and contribute to the discussions about individual student’s progress.
• To provide general clerical and administrative support
• To set up equipment and resources ready for lessons
• To mark basic tests, as appropriate e.g. Reading Age tests
• Support the implementation of Behaviour Plans and personal care programmes
• To maintain a positive attitude, seeking to bring out the best in learners and having high expectations for all.
• Constantly strive to improve own performance and identify areas for self improvement, attending appropriate training.
• To keep own CPD record up to date.
• To undertake any other duties as deemed appropriate by the line manager and commensurate with the post.
• The ability to work flexibly as GMIS develops.
In addition to the above specific duties all staff are required to:
• Participate in Performance Review.
• Promote and implement equality and diversity.
• Comply with legislation and adhere to GMIS policies and procedures.
• Have due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people.
• Contribute to the fulfilment of GMIS vision, ethos and strategic plan.
• Participate in professional development and fulfil contractual obligations.
• Attend appropriate meetings, both within the setting and as appropriate to your role.
• Respect confidentiality. Confidential information should be kept in confidence and not released to unauthorised persons.
Where you'll work
Unit 3
Peel Street
Failsworth
M35 0UF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
THE OLDHAM COLLEGE
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
One day per week attendance at Oldham College
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade 9-4/A*-C or equivalent)
- Maths (grade Grade 9-4/A*-C or equivalent)
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
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Passing a Disclose and Barring Service (DBS) check Experience supporting young adults with SEMH and SEND needs is desirable
About this employer
Greater Manchester Independent School is a specialist SEMH school working across Greater Manchester. We are dedicated to providing a nurturing, safe and supportive educational environment. Our aim is to enable our children and young people to develop their educational ability, their social and emotional skills, and their wider strengths and talents in order to succeed in every aspect of their lives. We take a holistic approach to education, working very closely with our families and doing everything within our power to remove barriers to children and young people’s learning.
After this apprenticeship
Potential permanent employment at the school.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE OLDHAM COLLEGE
Andrea Kearns
andrea.kearns@oldham.ac.uk
0161 785 4072
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000348014.
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Closes in 14 days (Tuesday 18 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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