Apprentice Teaching Assistant
EKC SCHOOLS TRUST LIMITED
Margate (CT9 3PP)
Closes in 30 days (Sunday 15 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 15 May 2025
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Summary
An exciting opportunity at Palm Bay Primary School, as a EYFS Inclusion Teaching Assistant, supporting teaching, learning, and personal development, providing general and specific assistance to pupils and staff under direction, guidance, and direct supervision.
- Wage
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£12,955.80 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, 8.30am - 4.30pm, with an hour lunch break.
32 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 2 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 9 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
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Assist with the implementation and delivery of planned learning activities as agreed with Inclusion Specialist, Associates or Teachers.
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Adjust and adapt activities according to pupils’ responses and needs as appropriate.
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Work with individuals or small groups of pupils under the supervision of teaching or specialist staff and provide feedback.
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Assist with pupils’ personal needs, hygiene, pastoral care, safeguarding and welfare; reporting and sharing key information as required.
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Assisting and supporting in all aspects of school life, including; preparing and maintaining the learning environments, attending events, trips and visits and preparing resources.
Where you'll work
Palm Bay Avenue
Margate
CT9 3PP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
EKC GROUP
Your 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.
Your training plan
- Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard.
- Training schedule has yet to be agreed. Details will be made available at a later date.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this company
Palm Bay Primary School is located on the Kent coast over looking Palm Bay and the North Sea between Margate and Broadstairs. It is a part of East Kent College (EKC) Schools Trust, catering for boys and girls in the primary phase of education, from 4 -11 years of age. It opened in September 1995 and has had five highly successful Ofsted inspections and reports.
After this apprenticeship
- Possible permanent position upon completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EKC GROUP
Karen Wheeler
Karen.Wheeler@eastkent.ac.uk
01227811315
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000320806.
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Closes in 30 days (Sunday 15 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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