Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship
Two Rivers High School
Staffordshire. (B77 2HJ)
Closes in 10 days (Saturday 20 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 8 December 2025
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Summary
Two Rivers School are seeking a caring and hardworking individual to work across various areas of the high school. This will include support in classrooms, working with small groups, and providing care over the lunchtime period.This is a great opportunity to gain experience whilst working towards a level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification.
- Wage
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£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
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Wage rises to National Mimimum Wage after 12 months if over 19 years old.
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, Shifts to be confirmed.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 5 January 2026
- Duration
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1 year 4 months
- Positions available
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3
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
- Assisting with the general pastoral care of students during the school day
- Developing an understanding of the learning needs of students and using this knowledge to support them to become independent learners in the classroom
- To take into account a student’s learning needs and ensure their access to the lesson and its content through appropriate clarification, explanations and use of equipment and materials
- To monitor student’s responses to learning activities and progress
towards targets, record achievement and feedback to teachers - To assist in the implementation and tracking of student targets
- To provide support for student’s emotional and social needs by
encouraging and modelling positive behaviour and demonstrating high expectations, in linewith the schools Behaviour Policy - To be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person
Where you'll work
Silverlink Road,
Tamworth,
Staffordshire.
B77 2HJ
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
- Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
- Tutor support via online platform
- 20% 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
- Attention to detail
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
Other requirements
- Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
About this employer
Two Rivers Primary and Two Rivers High are two schools on two separate sites. Both Schools are based in Tamworth and serve the local community. The Schools are part of the Endeavour Multi Academy Trust. Endeavour MAT
After this apprenticeship
- Permanent role considered on completion of the apprenticeship
- Higher level TA qualification available
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000004385.
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Closes in 10 days (Saturday 20 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
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