APPRENTICE TEACHING ASSISTANT LEVEL 3
Bacup Britannia Community Primary School
Bacup (OL13 9TS)
Closes in 11 days (Friday 27 June 2025)
Posted on 12 June 2025
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Summary
Are you ready to start a rewarding career in education and make a lasting impact on children? Come and join our nurturing primary school environment where you'll be surrounded by a passionate and dedicated team eager to support your growth.
- Wage
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£12,955.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
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Term Time Only
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, shifts to be confirmed.
32 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 11 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
- Under the guidance of teachers, the apprentice will be involved in working with children to support the education, personal and social development of pupils.
- They will esetablish posiutive relatsionships to assist in structured learning activities.
- Duties may include, supporting in learning activities, producing learning resources and assisting in the development of skills that support pupils'learning. The apprentice will assist in pupil supervision and pupil progress and development.
Where you'll work
Rochdale Road
Bacup
OL13 9TS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
NELSON AND COLNE 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
The successful candidate will be expected to work towards and complete the apprenticship standard, Teaching Assistant Level 3. The apprentice will be supported with induction and internal on-the-job training. The successful candidate will also be rerquired to complete functional skills initial assessments in Maths, English and ICT. Maths, English and ICT functional skills must be completed as part of the apprenticeship, if GCSE C/4 has not previously been achieved. The candidate will also recieve additional external training where appropriate through school training and development pathways.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Level 2)
- Maths (grade Level 2)
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
- Organisation skills
- Team working
About this company
We are committed to improving the quality of the educational provision for all our children which will enable them to reach their full potential and attain the levels of knowledge, understanding and skills that society demands for their future lives. High quality education at Britannia CP School will be achieved by: positive, caring and clearly focused leadership from the senior leadership team the whole staff team working together to do its best for our children’s confidence the whole staff team having high expectations of our children’s social, behavioural and academic performance well planned, exciting and challenging teaching that develops lively, enquiring and open minds in our children creating stimulating and attractive learning environments in which our children can take a pride fostering a calm, secure and purposeful working atmosphere that nurtures a positive esteem and self-image in all our children promoting respect for other people and their property working in partnership with parents, governors and the local community to enrich opportunities for our children
After this apprenticeship
There is no guarentee of a role at the end of the apprenticship but support will be given. Where possible, the school will endeavour to provide an opportunity with the school or the cluster of schools with which we work.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
Bacup Britannia Community Primary School
Janet Dempsey
bursar@britannia.lancs.sch.uk
01706874447
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000325751.
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Closes in 11 days (Friday 27 June 2025)
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