Teaching Assistant Apprentice
FIRTHMOOR PRIMARY SCHOOL
DARLINGTON (DL1 4RW)
Closes in 24 days (Friday 5 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 11 November 2025
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Summary
Your key role will be to provide support to Teaching Assistants and Teachers across the school or within a specific class. The aim of this post is to train and develop the post-holder to become a Teaching Assistant Level 3.
- Wage
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£14,526.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
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Pay will be pro rata for working 38 weeks term time only plus 5 days
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday – Friday with one day at Darlington College. Times to be confirmed. Term time only plus 5 days.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 19 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
Training and Development
- Attain the Supporting Teaching and Learning in Schools Level 3 by attending tutorials, classes and completing assignments set
- Attend training sessions as appropriate including off-site training days
- Undertake responsibility for improving your own practice through observation, participating in training, coaching, working with a mentor, self-evaluation and performance management
Support for pupils
- Raise pupil achievement by supporting the class teacher
- Under supervision, assist with the physical management and personal care needs for children
- Work with individual and groups of children to encourage independence and confidence
- Establish constructive relationships with parents and carers, promoting school policies
- Establish rapport and respectful, trusting relationships, acting as a role model
- Supervise and provide support for pupils, including those with special needs, ensuring access to learning resources
- Promote inclusion and acceptance of all pupils in the classroom
- Support the implementation of IEPs, Behaviour Plans, personal care programmes, curriculum planning and assessment
- Evaluate learning and provide feedback as needed
Support for teachers
- Follow instructions of teachers and Teaching Assistants with planning, delivery and evaluation of activities
- Promote good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflicts in line with protocols policies
- Contribute towards resourcing teaching, by developing and making resources as necessary
- Listen to children read, read stories and tell stories to individuals or groups of children
- Work with pupils on programmes linked to local and national curriculum and learning strategies
- Monitor pupil response to learning activities and achievement
- Provide detailed feedback to teachers as requested
- Under guidance, learn to undertake pupil record keeping as requested
- Under guidance, assist with collation of pupil reports
- Support the effective use of ICT in learning activities and develop pupil competence and independence
- Maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans
- Clear away resources and materials after lessons
- Assist with the display of pupils’ work
- Prepare, maintain and use equipment/resources required and assist pupils in their use
- Undertake routine administrative tasks
Support for the school
- Be aware of and comply with policies relating to child protection, health & safety, confidentiality, safeguarding and data protection, reporting all concerns to a nominated person
- Contribute to the overall work, smooth running and ethos of the school
- Appreciate and support the role of other people in the team
- Attend and participate in meetings as required
- Participate in the school’s Performance Management process
- Accompany staff and pupils on visits, trips and activities and take responsibility for a group under supervision
- Commit to develop an excellent understanding of a child’s development and learning
- Commit to develop an understanding of working with children with a range of additional educational needs
- Commit to gain an understanding of the relevant polices/codes of practice/ and relevant legislation including national/EYFS curriculum
Where you'll work
INGLEBY MOOR CRESCENT
DARLINGTON
DL1 4RW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DARLINGTON 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
- Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship
- Location – Firthmoor Primary School, Ingleby Moor Crescent, Darlington DL1 4RW
- Working 5 days per week inclusive of 1 day release for study at Darlington College
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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Timekeeping
- Flexible
- Approachable
- Enthusiastic
- Motivational and encouraging
- Relationship building
- Role model
- Emotional resilience
- Patient and firm
- Continuous improvement
Other requirements
This post is subject to Enhanced DBS and qualification checks. Please note that in line with UK apprenticeship regulations, you must have a valid and eligible residency status and the right to work in England. This should cover the entire expected term of learning and residency should be held for a minimum of 3 years. Exceptions may apply. Please see Apprenticeship funding rules for full guidance.
About this employer
Given the dynamic nature of the role and structure of the School, it must be accepted that, as the School’s work develops and changes, there will be a need for adjustments to the role and responsibilities of the post. The duties specified above are, therefore, not to be regarded as either exclusive or exhaustive. They may change from time to time commensurate with the grading level of the post and following consultation with the member of staff. The successful applicant will be subject to relevant vetting checks, including a satisfactory enhanced disclosure before an offer of appointment is confirmed. Following appointment the employee will be subject to re-checking as required form time to time. The School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff to share this commitment
After this apprenticeship
There may be an opportunity to secure a long-term position after successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DARLINGTON COLLEGE
Nagina Patrai
npatrai@darlington.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000349868.
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