Learning Support Apprenticeship
EVOLVE SPORTS ACADEMY LIMITED
Gateshead, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Wallsend
Closes in 26 days (Friday 25 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 25 June 2025
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Summary
The successful candidate will work closely with experienced staff to nurture students aged 11-16 development through sport, engaging maths and English, Sports Leaders qualification and daily routines. You will gain practical experience & work towards a recognised qualification, all while making a meaningful difference in the lives of students.
- Wage
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£13,741 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 either 8am - 4pm or 9am - 5pm.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 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
Key Responsibilities and Skills:
- Support: Supporting students in the classroom and sports venues.
- Coaching Sports Drills: Playing an active role in the team delivery of sports.
- Behaviour management: Aiding staff in line with the behaviour management strategy.
- Relationships: Creating positive relationships with students and staff.
- Resource Production: Creating innovative learning resources based around sport.
- Organisational Skills: Developing strong organisational skills to manage tasks, projects, and information effectively.
- Problem Solving: Identifying and resolving issues, contributing to the improvement of processes and procedures.
- Teamwork: Working collaboratively with colleagues and managers to achieve common goals.
- Professional Development: Taking initiative to develop own and others' skills and behaviours.
Where you'll work
This apprenticeship is available in these locations:
- Ropery Road, Gateshead, NE8 2HD
- Brierton Community Sports Centre, Brierton Lane, Hartlepool, TS25 4AF
- Alan Peacock Way, Middlesbrough, TS4 3AE
- Rheydt Avenue, Wallsend, NE28 8SX
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
EAST DURHAM 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
You will complete a level 3 Teaching Assistant apprenticeship. You will attend a taught session once a month in college, and you will also have a monthly visit in the workplace from our trainer/coach. You will work towards an End Point Assessment at the end of the apprenticeship.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 / C and above)
- Maths (grade 4 / C and 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
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
This role will be primarily based in Middlesbrough, but you may be required to travel to other sites from time to time.
About this company
Evolve Sports Academy is an alternative education sports coaching programme. Using sport as a tool, we deliver qualifications in Sport and Functional Skills to secondary school students who have been excluded / at risk of exclusion from school. Alongside delivering academic qualifications, we have a specific focus on developing young people with fundamental life skills. Our aim is to create an environment where each individual student can achieve their full potential.
After this apprenticeship
There is a possibility for permanent employment for the right candidate upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EAST DURHAM COLLEGE
Emma Norbury
emma.norbury@eastdurham.ac.uk
0191 5185587
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000327930.
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Closes in 26 days (Friday 25 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
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