Apprentice Teaching Assistant at Lady Royd Primary School
Lady Royd Primary School
Bradford (BD9 6RB)
Closes in 15 days (Saturday 6 December 2025)
Posted on 21 November 2025
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Summary
Launch your education career as a Teaching Assistant. Work under teaching staff to provide work, care, and support programs, ensuring pupils access learning. Assist the teacher with classroom and pupil management while completing the Teaching Assistant Level 3 apprenticeship standard. This is a great start!
- Wage
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£12,955.80 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, 8:30am - 3:30pm, plus Inset days. Day release to Shipley College on a Thursday.
Please discuss the working week at interview.
33 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 5 January 2026
- Duration
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1 year 9 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
Main Duties: To support us in our aim to provide an exceptional education rich in learning opportunities in a supportive and nurturing environment, that challenges our pupils to raise their aspirations and to develop the confidence and resilience to reach their full potential.
Responsibilities:
- To have the highest expectations of all students and to promote independence and ownership of learning.
- To be aware of the needs of students on the SEND register and be knowledgeable about the support they require to fully access the school curriculum.
- To support the learning of students in lessons, under the direction of the class teacher, to ensure all students are able to fully access
learning and make progress. - To support teachers and students by ensuring specialist aid, resources and equipment are provided, as appropriate
- To help to deliver an appropriate curriculum for pupils who need additional support in literacy and numeracy skills, including phonics.
- To lead small group support and intervention, as requested.
- To have knowledge of nurture provision an the ability to deliver such intervention.
- To support students, as directed, to access assessments and examinations.
Supporting the School:
- To foster links between home and school.
- To participate in relevant professional development as deemed appropriate.
- To understand and apply the school policies on learning and behaviour, and the statutory guidelines relating to disability discrimination and special educational needs.
- To maintain confidentiality and sensitivity to the pupils’ needs but have regard to the safeguarding procedures of the school.
- To carry out duties as directed by the SENCo or Head Teacher
Wider Responsibilities:
- Play a full part in the life of the school community supporting its vision and ethos and encouraging staff and students to follow this example.
- Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection / safeguarding, equality and diversity, health and safety, ICT, security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate senior person.
- To share responsibility for student welfare
- Comply and assist with the development of policies and procedures relating to area of responsibility as required.
- Develop effective professional relationships with others
- Maintain the confidential nature of information relating to the school, its students, parents, and carers acting in accordance with the principles of the GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018 at all times.
- Contribute to and support the overall life, work/aims and ethos of the school.
Where you'll work
Squire Lane
Bradford
BD9 6RB
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SHIPLEY 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
Training by day release at Shipley College on a Thursday including regular assessor workplace visits to support the training.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4+, A*-C or L2 equivalent)
- Maths (grade 4+, A*-C or L2 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
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Please ensure you have: Researched the role, the location of the school and Shipley College. A DBS criminal record check and eligibility to work in the UK will be required. All applicants will be asked to submit a current, relevant CV and attend an information advice and guidance session at Shipley College.
About this employer
Lady Royd Primary School is situated on the Bradford Girls’ Grammar School site and fulfils the education of pupils from Reception to Year 6, as part of the through school model that Bradford Girls Grammar School currently offers. Established in 1875, the school is rich in history and has a strong record of providing an outstanding education. Previously a girls’ independent school, Bradford Girls’ Grammar School became an Academy Free School in 2013 and now takes both girls and boys into its primary school, Lady Royd Primary. The Senior School has remained a girls’ school.
After this apprenticeship
As well as ensuring full competency as a Teaching Assistant, this standard provides a foundation for potential progression into a number of career paths in the Educational sector, including Teaching Assistant, Cover, Supervisor, Higher Level Teaching Assistant and Teacher.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SHIPLEY COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000001855.
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Closes in 15 days (Saturday 6 December 2025)
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