Teaching Assistant Apprentice
Merrydale Infant School
Leicester (LE5 0PL)
Closes in 17 days (Monday 17 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 31 October 2025
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Summary
Merrydale Infant School is based locally in Leicester. We are looking for teaching assistants to play a key role in supporting pupils learning and self-esteem as well as the aims of the school. This is a great opportunity for individuals to train and work within a classroom environment while gaining a recognised qualification. Apply today!
- Wage
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£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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This role is term time only working 39 weeks per year, the actual salary is £7.55 per hour X 30 hours per week x 44.647 paid weeks per year = £10,112.55
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday- Friday: 8.30am- 3.30pm
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 5 January 2026
- Duration
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1 year 7 months
- Positions available
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2
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
- Supporting all pupils learning and self-esteem
- Maintaining accurate records
- Implementing and promoting the school’s policies and procedures
- Confidently liaising with parents/carers offering sound advice for their child’s education
- Supporting all children’s learning outcomes
- Supporting children’s emotional and health wellbeing
- Supporting the teachers to ensure the very highest of educational standards
- Ensuring all safeguarding and health and safety procedures are followed
- Supporting the school’s aims and values
- Ensuring the school’s policies and procedures are followed
Where you'll work
Merrydale Infant School
Claydon Road
Leicester
LE5 0PL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LOUGHBOROUGH 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
- A mixture of blended learning in the workplace and taught delivery every other Friday afternoon at the Loughborough College (optional term time only)
- Diarised visits from dedicated Trainer/Assessor
- On-the-job training
- Off-the-job training
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
- IT skills
- Organisation skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
What other requirements are there for this apprenticeship? (optional) Tell applicants about requirements that are not skills or qualifications. The school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We expect all staff and colleagues working at our school to share this commitment. The successful applicant will need to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure CRB check. Additional training will take place at Loughborough College to develop knowledge, skills and behaviours in accordance to this Apprenticeship if required. Please ensure you are able to travel to both Leicester and Loughborough before applying. Loughborough College reserves the right to withdraw this vacancy before the end date, following consultation with the employer.
About this employer
We are a large, three form entry, Infant school based in the Northfield area of the city. The school has a 90-place nursery and children leave the school at the end of year 2. The school is highly respected within the community for its pastoral care and support with SEND.
https://www.merrydale-inf.leicester.sch.uk/ (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
This apprenticeship would be an excellent first step into any career working in education. Upon completion of the apprenticeship, individuals can move into other school-based positions having experienced working in a vibrant inner city school.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE
Sophia Cleaver
apprenticeships@loucoll.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000349055.
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Closes in 17 days (Monday 17 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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