Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship at Bruton Primary School
Bruton Primary School
Bruton (BA10 0DP)
Closes in 8 days (Thursday 2 April 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 25 March 2026
Contents
Summary
The role will require working as a Teaching Assistant with children aged 4 – 11, age group will depend on class allocated. The role will require supporting and motivating pupils with curriculum tasks, in particular literacy, numeracy, science and ICT skills. The role will also require lunchtime duties.
- Wage
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£12,480 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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09:00 – 15:30 Monday – Friday.
30 minute lunch break each day.
Term time only (190 days per year).
1 day release for apprentice study - college.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 20 April 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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2
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
Person Specification:
- Candidates must show patience and good listening skills when working with pupils.
- Candidates must be organised and punctual to ensure they are in class on time each day.
- Candidates must be able to use their own initiative to support children and the class teacher
General Tasks
- Under the guidance and direction of the teacher:
- Develop, maintain and apply knowledge and understanding of pupils’ general and specific learning needs to ensure that support is given to them at an appropriate level.
- Learning support is delivered individually and in groups through a range of tasks, mainly:
- Supporting and directing literacy and numeracy tasks, clarifying and explaining instructions.
- Focus support in areas needing improvement, both academic and social.
- Work with and support pupils to allow them to use ICT and other specialist equipment to enhance their learning.
- Motivate and encourage pupils to concentrate on and fulfil the tasks set.
- Undertake learning activities with pupils of varying abilities to ensure differentiation and access to the curriculum.
- Seek to ensure the promotion and reinforcement of pupils self esteem, appropriate levels of effort and behaviour and to guide pupils to become independent learners.
- Contribute to the assessment of pupils’ learning, in particular with regard to Literacy, Numeracy, Science and ICT skills.
- Contribute to the implementation of the National and/or Foundation Curriculum and specific individual pupil targets.
- Assist in the development, monitoring and evaluation of programmes of work.
- Contribute to and assist in the development and monitoring of systems for review and recording of pupils progress.
- Assist in the preparation, organisation and maintenance of classrooms and their equipment, including assistance with and creation of displays, make basic visual aids, art and craft materials, mount and display pupils work.
- Assist teachers in timetabling of lessons and curriculum as required.
- Assist in the preparation for educational visits, and where appropriate accompany students.
- Attend and contribute to school staff meetings and in-service training events, within contracted hours or outside normal hours by agreement.
- To provide care and supervision of pupils within the classroom, within the school and outside of the school.
- Supporting Pupils with curriculum learning
- Assisting with lunch duties.
- Working alongside PE coach during PE sessions and alongside teacher during swimming lessons.
- Working with pupils in small groups.
Typically the job will include all, or most of the following elements:
- Supervise pupils using cloakrooms, and toilet facilities. Supervise pupils in playgrounds and when entering and leaving using school transport as required.
- Assist in the supervision of Standard Assessment Tasks and tests / assessments as directed.
- Escort pupils to school or parental transport, home or to hospital as necessary.
- Assist pupils eating, in a controlled environment.
- Develop an understanding of and provide for pupils’ specific personal needs to ensure a safe learning environment. This may include providing some direct personal care, support and assistance to the pupil in respect of toileting, eating, and mobility.
- To assume sole supervision of whole classes for short periods in the absence of the teacher, but only when it is essential for the teacher to leave a class, such as in emergency-type situations. This would not be expected in the case of inexperienced LSAs.
Where you'll work
Higher Backway
Bruton
BA10 0DP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SOMERSET SKILLS & LEARNING CIC
Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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:
- English (grade A-C/9-4)
- Maths (grade A-C / 9-4)
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
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
- Flexibility, staff are often asked to work with different classes to cover one another. All staff are required to take part in lunchtime duties
- Successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check
- Please consider how you will travel to the place of work, particularly if you rely on public transport
About this employer
All of our staff and governors work hard to make our school one that is safe and nurturing as well as stimulating and exciting for our children. Our curriculum encompasses the demands of the National Curriculum which is enhanced and developed to match the needs of our children through a range of Quests – we believe that all children have the potential to become confident and independent learners. We try to support them to strive for this and start them on a journey of exploration that will last them a lifetime. This enquiry based learning is supported by the development of our five Learning Behaviours which we believe mastering each 'behaviour' prepares our children well for the world in which we send them.
We are fortunate to have amazing school grounds – our classrooms frame the brightly painted playground we call the quad and there is also a large school field and top playground where there is a range of wooden play equipment and a bespoke trim trail. We have a developed forest school area with a pond, which was opened by the Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset and many outside learning areas within our large school site. We are also very lucky at Bruton Primary School to have our very own swimming pool which we use as much as we can in the Summer Term.
https://www.brutonprimary.org.uk/welcome/ (opens in new tab)
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
Potential for a Teaching Assistant role following completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SOMERSET SKILLS & LEARNING CIC
SS&L
Enquiries@sslcourses.co.uk
03303327997
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000023310.
Apply now
Closes in 8 days (Thursday 2 April 2026 at 11:59pm)