Apprentice Teaching Assistant
ESTEEM MULTI-ACADEMY TRUST
Queens Drive (DE11 0EG)
Closes in 14 days (Sunday 22 June 2025)
Posted on 6 June 2025
Contents
Summary
Elmsleigh Infant and Nursery School is looking for a Teaching Assistant apprentice to join the vibrant, mainstream Infant School nestled in the suburbs of Swadlincote. As proud members of Esteem Multi-Academy Trust (MAT), we are part of a wider community dedicated to providing high-quality education and fostering the best possible outcomes for all.
- 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 - Friday, 8.30am - 3.30pm. Term Time Only.
32 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 10 September 2025
- 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
At Elmsleigh, everything we do is guided by a deep commitment to our children’s well-being, with safety and happiness always coming first. We believe that when children feel secure, valued, and inspired, they can truly flourish.
The post-holder will be required to demonstrate a high level of flexibility being prepared to work across the school EYFS to KS1 and with a wide range of children including SEN.
The post holder will be required to support the Class Teacher to:
- Engage and motivate pupils
- Improve the quality of pupils’ learning
- Inspire trust and confidence in pupils and colleagues
- Build team commitment with colleagues and in the classroom
- Demonstrate analytical thinking
- Demonstrate empathy with and an appreciation of the care needs of pupils
Where you'll work
Queens Drive
DE11 0EG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
BURTON AND SOUTH DERBYSHIRE COLLEGE
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
- Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Standard
- Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)
- This apprenticeship is delivered through a combination of Work Based Assessment and day/block release
- The programme will culminate in an End Point Assessment, where all the skills and knowledge gained on the apprenticeship will be formally tested
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
Maths and English (grade 4/C or above)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
- Attention to detail
- Communication skills
- Creative
- Customer care skills
- Non judgemental
- Number skills
- Organisation skills
- Patience
- Physical fitness
- Presentation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Time-Management
Other requirements
You will need to complete an additional application form through 'Mynewteram' platform, if your application is successful for this opportunity. A link will be sent to you via email from BSDC once you have completed your initial application.
About this company
Elmsleigh Nursery & Infant School is an Enhanced Resource School in South Derbyshire. We are a mainstream school with additional funding to develop expertise and resources to work with pupils with high level needs, who may live outside the area normally served by the school. We are one of 17 Derbyshire schools that has ER status. Our Enhanced Resource which has developed over time, supports 16 places throughout school from Nursery to Year 2. Eight places are intended for pupils with Autism Spectrum Disorder and eight places for pupils with other severe and complex special educational needs. Throughout their school day, the children with an ER placement in the Reception to Year 2 age range may spend time in a separate highly staffed and specially adapted class room known as the Rainbow Room, or within a mainstream class with additional support, or a mixture of both, dependent on each child’s individual needs. Further information about our academy can be found on the website at www.elmsleighinfantschool.co.uk
After this apprenticeship
- Possible opportunities within, once qualification is complete
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BURTON AND SOUTH DERBYSHIRE COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000324941.
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Closes in 14 days (Sunday 22 June 2025)
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