Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship at Regency High School
INSPIRE ATA LIMITED
Worcester (WR4 9JL)
Closes in 16 days (Friday 25 September 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 7 September 2026
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Summary
To support the classroom teacher in providing high-quality, personalised learning and care for young people aged 11-19 with complex learning difficulties. The role involves helping pupils overcome learning, physical, communication, and emotional challenges through patient, encouraging, and inclusive support.
- Wage
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£13,936 to £22,140.82, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
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Automatic pay increase after one year on programme for 19+ year olds
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday 8:40am - 3:30pm, Tuesday 8:30am - 4:45pm, Wednesday 8:40am - 3:30/4:45pm every other week, Thursday 8:30am, 3:30pm, Friday 8:40am - 3:30pm with a 30-minute lunch break each day
33 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 30 September 2026
- Duration
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1 year 6 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
- Support children’s learning, development, confidence, and independence across the classroom and wider school environment
- Provide tailored support to individuals and small groups, including pupils with SEN, physical, emotional, and additional learning needs
- Assist teachers with lessons, literacy and numeracy activities, assessments, and individual learning programmes
- Encourage pupils through positive reinforcement, praise, and patient guidance, helping them overcome challenges and achieve their potential
- Monitor and record pupils’ progress, identifying concerns and sharing observations with teachers and relevant professionals
- Support positive behaviour and help children develop their social, emotional, communication, and self-help skills
- Adapt and prepare learning activities and resources to meet individual abilities and needs
- Support children with personal care, mobility, feeding, and other welfare needs where required and in accordance with school procedures
- Help implement programmes recommended by professionals such as educational psychologists and speech and language therapists
- Promote a safe, inclusive, and welcoming learning environment while supporting safeguarding and health & safety procedures.
- Work closely with teachers, parents, colleagues, and external professionals to provide consistent support for pupils
- Assist with PE, swimming, educational visits, group activities, and everyday classroom routines
- Maintain a positive classroom environment that encourages independence, self-esteem, curiosity, and a love of learning
What We’re Looking For:
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- A team player with a positive and empathetic attitude
- Organised, proactive, and eager to learn
- A role model who values confidentiality and professionalism
- Passionate about working in a SEND environment
Where you'll work
Carnforth Drive
Worcester
WR4 9JL
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
The successful candidate will obtain a Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship standard qualification.
More training information
Each apprentice will have their own dedicated tutor who will conduct monthly remote tutorials and reviews, providing continuous support throughout the apprenticeship program. Depending on the apprentice’s needs, the frequency of these sessions may vary.
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Presentation skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Passionate
- Hard-working
- Friendly
- A positive attitude
Other requirements
Pre-employment checks. Please be aware that upon a successful offer of employment, the company completes digitalised right-to-work checks and DBS applications via an external provider - 'Matrix Screening'. The company also completes an internal online social media search, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance.
About this employer
Inspire ATA is an official Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, licenced by the Department for Education. Currently ranked 1st in the Rate My Apprenticeship Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers in the UK Award 2024-2025. Inspire ATA specialises in creating apprenticeship opportunities, where we recruit and employ the apprentice on behalf of our host clients, enabling us to offer additional support and a better experience for both the apprentice and the client as the experts in the industry. We arrange the most suitable and appropriate apprenticeship training from one of our partnered training providers. If you are successful in securing an apprenticeship with Inspire ATA, it is important to understand that Inspire ATA will be your employer and the apprenticeship placement will be a separate organisation that simply hosts you as an apprentice. As a Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, Inspire ATA performs an important role in developing the UK labour market and it is our responsibility to ensure that talent is recognised, developed, and matched with business needs, whatever the background of the individual, irrespective of gender, race, disability, age, religion or belief, relationship orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity and gender reassignment. We are proud of the diverse nature of our business and work with clients to ensure that all candidates are treated with courtesy and respect.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Potential full-time employment for the right candidate upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
INSPIRE ATA LIMITED
Katie Munn
Katie.Munn@inspire-ata.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000052023.
Apply now
Closes in 16 days (Friday 25 September 2026 at 11:59pm)