L3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship with Four Acres Academy

ORANGE MOON TRAINING LIMITED

Bristol (BS13 8RB)

Closes in 8 days (Friday 12 December 2025)

Posted on 4 December 2025

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Summary

Are you a passionate professional ready to build your future? Do you want to work in a supportive environment where your skills and contributions are valued? Join us as a Teaching Assistant Apprentice at Four Acres Academy!

• Wage:

  £12,955.80 to £20,952.36, depending on your age

  National Minimum Wage

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  FTE: £14,566 Actual Salary £10,992

• Training course: Teaching assistant (level 3)
• Hours: Monday - Friday, 08:30 - 15:30. Term time only plus one week.

  33 hours a week

• Start date:

  Monday 15 December 2025

• Duration:

  1 year 6 months

• Positions available:

  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

As a Teaching Assistant Apprentice at Four Acres Academy you will play a key role in contributing to the delivery of Futura’s mission statement of “Building the brightest future for all, enabling every individual to flourish”. We are looking for an individual who is passionate about living our values and making a positive impact on all the young people in our Trust.

Four Acres Academy is a dynamic primary school in Withywood, Bristol, where children are inspired to achieve, believe, and grow. With a strong emphasis on community and personal development, the school offers a creative and engaging learning experience for all pupils.

Support for Pupils:

• Attend to pupils’ personal needs, and implement related personal programmes, including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters, as appropriate
• Supervise and support pupils’ ensuring their safety and access to learning
• Use specialist (curricular/learning) skills/training/experience to support pupils
• Establish good relationships with pupils, acting as a role model by being aware of and responding appropriately to needs
• Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils
• Support pupils consistently whilst recognising and responding to their individual needs
• Encourage pupils to act independently as appropriate
• Encourage pupils to interact and work co-operatively with others and engage all pupils in activities
• Employ strategies to recognise and reward achievement

Support for Teacher:

• Work with the teacher to establish an appropriate learning environment
• Assist with working walls and display work of pupils
• Prepare classroom as directed for lessons and clear afterwards
• Be aware of and support difference and ensure all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop
• Undertake pupil record keeping as required
• Promote positive values, attitudes and good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour
• Liaise sensitively and effectively with parents/carers as agreed with the teacher within your role/responsibility and participate in feedback sessions/meetings with parents with, or as directed

Administer and assess routine tests:

Provide general administrative support e.g. produce or adapt worksheets and resources for agreed activities
etc.

Support for the School:

• Contribute to the overall ethos, work / aims of the school
• Appreciate and support the role of other professionals
• Attend relevant meetings as required, within normal contractual hours
• Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required
• Assist with the supervision of pupils out of lesson times
• Promote equality as an integral part of the role and to treat everyone with fairness and dignity
• Recognise health and safety id a responsibility of every employee by taking reasonability for the care of self and others by complying with the academy’s H&S policy and any academy specific procedures/ rules that apply to this role
• Other adhoc duties as required

Where you'll work

Four Acres
Bristol
BS13 8RB

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

PROFESSIONAL APPRENTICESHIPS LTD

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

Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

• English (grade C)
• Maths (grade C)

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

About this employer

At Futura Learning Partnership, we are committed to creating an environment where every employee – whether in teaching, support, or leadership – can flourish. We strive to attract, develop, and retain the very best talent by creating a culture that values professional development, wellbeing, and inclusion.

Company benefits

Initiatives like ‘Wellbeing Moments,’ access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) for mental health support, defined pension schemes, Health Cash-back Plan (covering dentist, physiotherapy etc.) and retail discount schemes.

After this apprenticeship

Professional Growth:

• Continuous Professional Development (CPD), inset days, rotation and secondment opportunities, and leadership succession programmes

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

PROFESSIONAL APPRENTICESHIPS LTD

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000003864.

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Closes in 8 days (Friday 12 December 2025)

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