Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship - Millstead Primary School
Millstead Primary School
Liverpool (2 available locations)
Closes on Friday 26 December 2025
Posted on 24 November 2025
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Summary
The role includes providing tailored support to help pupils overcome barriers linked to sensory, behavioural, communication, medical or physical needs. The learner will also assist other staff under the direction of the class teacher or learning support officer.
- Wage
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£12,170.60 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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£7.55 per hour (first 12 months), then National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday (8.45am to 3.30pm, and every other Monday until 5.00pm)
31 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 2 February 2026
- Duration
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1 year 4 months
- Positions available
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10
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
- Contribute to curriculum planning and evaluation, supporting the implementation of teaching programmes
- Assist in lesson delivery and interact effectively with teachers and pupils
- Adapt learning activities in response to pupil needs and progress
- Support the use of ICT in learning, helping pupils build confidence and independence in technology use
- Provide individual and group support, explaining tasks, reinforcing key concepts, and maintaining pupil engagement and motivation
- Deliver short sessions to the whole class, such as reading activities
- Encourage communication and participation through role play and interactive tasks
- Promote inclusion, teamwork, and positive pupil relationships
- Foster independence, confidence, and self-esteem among pupils
- Assist in lesson planning, delivery, and evaluation in collaboration with teaching staff
- Monitor pupil progress and provided constructive feedback to the teacher
- Contribute to assessment through observation, reporting, and accurate record keeping
- Support classroom management through the preparation and organisation of resources, equipment, and materials
- Complete administrative tasks such as producing learning materials and managing coursework
- Liaise with parents, carers, specialist teachers, and external professionals to support pupil development
- Ensure the safety, welfare, and inclusion of pupils, providing personal and hygiene support where required
Where you'll work
You can select which locations you want to apply for in your application on Find an apprenticeship.
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- Iliad Street, Liverpool, L5 3LU
- Naylorsfield Drive, Liverpool, L27 0YD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
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
Expected Duration: 16 months - Training: All training will be delivered online alongside full-time placement at school
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
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this employer
Millstead School caters for children aged 2 – 11 years who have severe or profound learning and/or physical needs, including complex autism. The Governors and Executive Headteacher of our OUTSTANDING school (Ofsted January 2024) are looking for engaging individuals who have the desire, drive and enthusiasm to make a difference to our pupils’ lives and who can make an immediate contribution to the way our pupils learn and interact. They should be dynamic in their approach to making learning fun and accessible for all pupils.
After this apprenticeship
- Possible full-time employment upon completion of the apprenticeship
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000002079.
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Closes on Friday 26 December 2025
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