SEND Teaching assistant apprentice
1ST FUN LEARNING LTD
Bristol (BS10 6RG)
Closes in 10 days (Monday 12 October 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 1 October 2026
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Summary
As a Teaching Assistant Apprentice, you will support primary-aged children with mental health and additional needs to overcome barriers and re-engage with education. You will support their social, emotional and behavioural development and help deliver learning activities tailored to their individual needs.
- Wage
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£17,043 a year
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Four days per week, one at college.
9am – 3pm Monday – Friday term time only.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 2 November 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
Role of the apprentice:
- You will also deliver learning to the children on a bespoke timetable suitable for the children’s individual needs and abilities that have been provided by their schools and put in to planning by our activity planner.
- You will be an enthusiastic and positive person who is driven and passionate to help ‘pushed out’ learners develop skills to work through their struggles and become happy learners. Remembering every day is a new day.
- You will be supporting the children that attend our provision providing them to develop skills and techniques that best suit them as an individual, so they are more equipped to manage and understand themselves as a “whole being” and pave their way back into education.
- You will do this by following and providing a consistent and structured routine which has a flexible smooth flow into each step, to decrease demand and anxiety for the children. Our daily routine is well set out to provide short bursts of learning activity, adult led activities and free play.
- Activities are based on the child’s individual outcomes, learning styles and abilities with the national curriculum in mind. The outcomes will be over seen by the directors and taken from their service agreement and regular review meetings, along with any additional support and reports from other professionals. We also have daily staff and parent debriefs and monthly staff meetings so if any concerns or ideas that may be brought to our attention that a child needs extra support on then this will also be added into their planning.
- You will be encouraged to provide ideas and support to the designated activity planner, who will compile the planning of activities for each child, each day/session for you to follow.
- As a key member of staff that works closely with the children you will also take on the responsibility to ensure the safety of each child and always follow our Safeguarding and Child Protection policy and procedures.
- You will be expected to participate in the development of the organisation and always working towards our ethos. Adhering to the organisations policies and procedures, attending mandatory training, as your role will be a valuable part in the growth of the organisation.
Where you'll work
Brentry Lane
Bristol
BS10 6RG
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)
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
Teaching Assistant Level 3.
Apprentices will attend the Filton or Stroud Campus of SGS College, one day a week, term-time only.
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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Looking for someone with a good understanding of the challenges children and their families may face and have an open and non-judgemental approach.
- Will require to have a full enhanced DBS Check completed
- Local to Brentry
About this employer
We are an alternative learning provision that supports the re-engagement of children back into education of primary school age, struggling with trauma, mental health, emotional dysregulation, and additional needs related behaviours. We support their journey from a break down within their current placement, to supporting them to develop new skills and grow in confidence, to re-engage back into a setting that understands and best suits them.
We also pride ourselves on providing a network of support not only for the child, but the parent/carers and schools as well, to navigate the child’s behaviours, engagement in education and setting pathways to more support in all aspects of the child’s life
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
To be looking to continue with us after the apprenticeship has been completed and complete full time hours.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND STROUD COLLEGE
Amy Archer
Amy.archer@sgscol.ac.uk
01179092202
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000055394.
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Closes in 10 days (Monday 12 October 2026 at 11:59pm)