Apprentice Teaching Assistant Level 3

CLEEVE SCHOOL

CHELTENHAM (GL52 8AE)

Closes in 23 days (Friday 3 July 2026 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 10 June 2026

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Summary

This role will mainly include providing in-class support for our EHCP students. It may also involve running 1:1 or small group interventions and providing personal care for students with physical disabilities depending on the candidate.

 

Wage

£12,480 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday with one day college release. Shifts to be confirmed.

30 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

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

You will engage with students across a range of abilities and undertake duties that support teachers and students across the curriculum

Role Profile of a Teaching Assistant:

  • Teaching Assistants work in Primary, Special and Secondary education across all age ranges encompassing special educational needs and emotional vulnerabilities
  • The primary role of the Teaching Assistant is to support the class teacher to enhance pupils’ learning either in groups or individually, ensuring pupils understand the work set, know their learning objectives and stay on task in order to make progress
  • Promoting self-belief, social inclusion and a high self-esteem play an integral part to pupils’ well-being; ensuring pupils thrive in a positive, nurturing, safe environment. It is an active role supporting the learner to access the curriculum
  • They are good role models, act with honesty and integrity, take part in team meetings; contribute to planning and class activities. Promoting Fundamental British Values through spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and positive behaviours are crucial in contributing to improved pupil progress and development

Job Description of a Teaching Assistant:

The duties will depend on your experience and training. Generally, you'll need to:

  • Deliver tailored teaching activities to pupils on either a one-to-one basis or in small groups
  • Make sure that the pupils you support are able to engage in learning and stay on task during the lesson or activity
  • Support the social and emotional development of pupils, reporting any issues when required
  • Support the teacher in managing challenging pupil behaviour and promoting positive behaviour
  • Listen to pupils read and read to pupils as a class, group or one-to-one
  • Guide and monitor pupil progress
  • Help with the planning of some lessons
  • Provide detailed and regular feedback to teachers on pupils' progress
  • Carry out administrative duties, such as preparing classroom resources
  • Look after pupils who have had accidents, need help dressing or are upset
  • Create art displays of pupils' artwork
  • Provide support outside of your normal classes, such as helping during exams, covering TA absences or going on school trips
    help with extracurricular activity such as breakfast and after-school clubs, homework club, revision sessions or lunchtime duties
  • Supervise other support staff
  • Coordinate specific areas of teaching support once you have the right level of experience

Where you'll work

TWO HEDGES ROAD
BISHOPS CLEEVE
CHELTENHAM
GL52 8AE

Training

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

Training provider

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND STROUD COLLEGE

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

Applications will only be accepted through the National Apprenticeship Website: https://www.gov.uk/apply-apprenticeship

  • If your application is successful, you will be contacted by South Gloucestershire & Stroud College (normally via email) to invite you to attend a pre-interview and initial assessment.  Please ensure that you also check your junk/spam inbox for emails
  • If you are successful at this stage, you will then be invited to attend an interview with the school/employer
  • From 1st April 2026, the National Minimum Wage (NMW) rate for apprentices £8.00 per hour.  This applies to 16-18-year-old apprentices and those aged over 19 in the first year of their Apprenticeship. For all other apprentices the National Minimum wage appropriate to their age applies
  • The Minimum Wage for Apprentices applies to time spent on the job plus time spent training/college
  • Training on the Apprenticeships Programme for 16 to 18-year olds is a priority and fully-funded by Government. Training for Apprenticeships for those over this age is part funded, with employers expected to make a part or full contribution

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

Maths and English (grade 4 (C) or above)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

Other requirements

You will need to pass an enhanced background check (DBS). https://www.gov.uk/criminal-record-checks-apply-role

About this employer

Cleeve is an innovative, forward-thinking and dynamic school.  Our on-going Year 7 intake is now 310 students, which reflects our school’s success, growth and vibrancy.

Over the next few years, our student numbers are set to move towards 1950, which includes up to 400 students in our state-of-the-art Sixth Form Centre of Excellence. Scale brings amazing opportunities, for teaching breadth and also for career development.

In joining Cleeve, you would be joining a rapidly growing, values-driven school, that places staff training and development at the heart of everything we do. By getting this right, we know the education offer for our students will be exceptional. 

The school is an equal opportunities employer and committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and therefore expects all staff and volunteers, to share this same commitment. We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion. The successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced Disclosure and  Barring Service check

https://www.cleeveschool.net/ (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

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

  • As well as ensuring full competency as a Teaching Assistant, this standard provides a foundation for potential progression into a number of career paths in the Educational sector including Higher Level Teaching Assistant, Assistant Teacher and Teacher

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND STROUD COLLEGE

Nikki Robinson

nikki.robinson@sgscol.ac.uk

01453761100

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000034524.

Apply now

Closes in 23 days (Friday 3 July 2026 at 11:59pm)