Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship
Staffordshire County Council
Stafford (ST17 9PS)
Closes in 28 days (Tuesday 31 March 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 2 March 2026
Contents
Summary
A Primary KS2 Teaching Assistant supports pupils aged 7–11 by helping deliver lessons and organise the classroom. They work with individuals and small groups, adapt tasks, support additional needs, encourage positive behaviour and independence, and help maintain a safe, inclusive learning environment.
- Wage
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£13,741 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 to Friday
8.30 – 3.30
6 hours per day 1 hour lunch.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 6 April 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
In this role, tasks include supporting lessons, working with small groups or individual pupils, preparing classroom resources, and helping maintain an organised learning environment. A Teaching Assistant also monitors pupil progress, provides feedback to the teacher, supports behaviour management, assists pupils with additional needs, and ensures safeguarding and school policies are followed.
Where you'll work
Burton Manor Primary School
Uplands Road
Stafford
ST17 9PS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
EDUCATION AND SKILLS TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT 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
Requirements
Desirable 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
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this employer
We are a happy and caring school with a strong values system called the Burton Manor 5 R’s (Respect, Responsibility, Reflection, Rights and Resilience). These values permeate everything we do and underpin our whole school ethos. We consider it essential to have an ethos and atmosphere to which pupils can relate and in which they feel secure, welcomed and happy. We aim to foster a love of learning for all our children which will develop their skills, knowledge and attitudes to become lifelong learners in the future.
After this apprenticeship
N/A.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EDUCATION AND SKILLS TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000018472.
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Closes in 28 days (Tuesday 31 March 2026 at 11:59pm)