Teaching Assistant Apprentice
FURNESS ACADEMIES TRUST
Barrow in Furness (LA14 5NE)
Closes in 15 days (Wednesday 2 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 16 June 2025
Contents
Summary
Victoria Academy seeks a Teaching Assistant apprentice to work under the instruction of a Class Teacher, to support access to learning for children and provide general support. The role involves assisting in providing high-quality education and providing a safe environment by being aware of dangers and appropriate preventive measures.
- 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, 8.45am - 3.15pm with 30 hours working and 3 hours at college.
33 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year
- 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
- To work with the children in Key Stage two under the general direction of the class teachers
- Assess, record and report on pupil development progress and attainment to the teacher against the pre-determined learning objectives
- To assist in providing high quality education for all children
- To assist in providing a safe environment by being aware at all times of the dangers and appropriate preventive measures, set a good example at all times
- To contribute to and implement all the school policies and procedures
- To attend in-service training where appropriate and to attend staff meetings when required
- Maintain serviceability of equipment, toys and books etc in the school
- Assist in the supervision of mealtimes, ensuring a high standard of cleanliness at all times
- Whilst working towards your qualifications, ensure all targets are met as set by your assessor/tutor
- To maintain confidentiality at all times
- To ensure that a good example is set at all times in the way that children are spoken to and the words that are used and that the pronunciation is correct
- Deliver learning activities for individuals and groups of children under the supervision of the Class Teacher, differentiating activities to ensure all children's needs are met
Where you'll work
Victoria Academy
Devonshire Road
Barrow in Furness
LA14 5NE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
FURNESS COLLEGE
Your 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.
Your training plan
Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Standard
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent 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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
NA
About this company
Victoria Academy is a junior school with approximately 200 students, an Outstanding Ofsted rating (February 2024). The school is part of the Furness Education Trust, a multi-academy trust based in Barrow in Furness, Cumbria. Currently comprised of seven academies, the Trust aims to develop best practice in each school across the whole Trust, by collaborating and working together to give the best of everything to every child. Being located near the center of the historic shipbuilding town and close to the southern boundary of the Lake District National Park, Victoria Academy serves the Furness community.
After this apprenticeship
- Upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, the right candidate could progress to Level 4
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
FURNESS ACADEMIES TRUST
Sara Wilson
hrrecruitment@furnessacademy.co.uk
01229484277
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000326291.
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Closes in 15 days (Wednesday 2 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
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