Teaching Assistant Apprentice - Howard Street Nursery School

Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council

Rochdale (OL12 0PP)

Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 2 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 18 June 2025

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Summary

Howard Street Nursery School are passionate in providing a secure, happy and welcoming environment that promotes and encourages children's confidence, independence and development. We believe every child deserves the best possible start in life, and we support every child to reach their full potential.

Wage

£14,566 a year

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Level 3 Apprentices - £14,566 for 12 months, then Grade 1 SCP 2 equivalent (currently £22,656) for remainder of contract pro rata to term time only and 25 hours per week. 18 months contract

Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
Hours
11.30am - 3.30pm - Mon, Tues, Wed. 8.30am - 3.30pm - Thurs and Fri, with a 30 mins lunch break (on Thurs and Fri).

25 hours a week

Start date

Monday 8 September 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

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

Help to keep children safe by:

  • Supervising and supporting pupils, ensuring their safety and access to learning.
  • Supporting the safeguarding of children.
  • Compliance with all necessary policies and procedures relating to child protection, equality and diversity, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
  • Dealing with accidents, emergencies and illness.
  • Encouraging pupils to act independently as appropriate.

Provide support for learning activities by:

  • Supporting the teacher in planning learning activities.
  • Preparing the classroom for lessons, and clear away afterwards.
  • Supporting the delivery of learning activities.
  • Supporting the teacher in the evaluation of learning activities.
  • Assisting with the supervision of pupils out of lesson times, including before and after school and at lunchtimes.
  • Support individual pupils at lunch club.
  • Accompanying teaching staff and pupils on visits, trips and other out-of-school activities.

Support the children’s development by:

  • Contributing to the development of children physically, emotionally and socially and the associated skills.
  • Contributing to children’s communication and the intellectual development.

Contribute to positive relationships by effectively:

  • Interacting with and responding to children and adults.
  • Communicating with children and adults.

Provide effective support for your colleagues by:

  • Maintaining working relationships with colleagues.
  • Developing your effectiveness in a support role.

Support children’s play and learning by:

  • Encouraging and supporting children to be creative in physical play.
  • Offering a range of play opportunities to children.
  • Supporting children’s rights and choices in play.

Support a child with disabilities or special educational needs by:

  • Providing care and encouragement and supporting personal hygiene needs.
  • Providing support to help the child to participate in activities and experiences.

Provide displays by:

Setting up, maintaining and dismantling displays.

Promote behaviour by:

  • Implementing agreed behaviour management strategies.
  • Supporting pupils in taking responsibility for their learning behaviour.
  • Supporting the teacher in managing pupil behaviour, reporting any difficulties.

To participate in Council programmes of in-service training as a trainee and, when required, as a trainer facilitator.

To undertake such other duties and responsibilities of an equivalent nature as may be determined from time to time by the Service Head (or nominated representative) in consultation with the postholder (and if he/she so wishes, with his/her Trade Union representative).

Where you'll work

Howard Street
Rochdale
OL12 0PP

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

ROCHDALE TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

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

An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

5 GCSEs including Maths and English (grade Grade 4/Grade C or equivalent)

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
  • Team working
  • Adaptable and flexible
  • Positive role model
  • Proud
  • Passionate
  • Good numeracy/literacy skilss

About this company

Rochdale Council builds success and prosperity with our citizens and partners, whilst protecting our vulnerable people.

https://www.rochdale.gov.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

Progression may be offered to the right candidate.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

ROCHDALE TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED

Jason Wales

jwales@rochdaletraining.co.uk

07860919380

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000326818.

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Closes in 13 days (Wednesday 2 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

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