Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship
Longcause SEN School
Plymouth (PL4 7HW)
Closes in 12 days (Friday 25 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 11 July 2025
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Summary
We’re looking for an enthusiastic apprentice teaching assistant to join our Upper Key Stage 2 team. You’ll support pupils’ learning, build positive relationships, and work collaboratively with staff to create an engaging classroom environment. If you’re passionate about education and enjoy helping children succeed, we’d love to hear from you!
- Wage
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£12,170.60 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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Between Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 3.30pm.
31 hours 15 minutes a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 2 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 3 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
The post requires a well motivated apprentice who is enthusiastic, patient and calm. The successful candidate will need to be able to work closely with the class teacher and as part of a wider team.
The successful candidate will:
- Be an excellent communicator
- Work consistently well independently or as part of a team
- Supervise and support pupils ensuring their safety and access to learning
- Establish good relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and being aware of and responding appropriately to individual needs
- Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils
- Develop positive behaviour management strategies
- Be creative and play an active role in building a safe and happy learning environment with the child’s well-being and progress at heart
- Attend to the pupils’ personal needs and implement related personal programmes including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters
- Prepare the classroom, as directed, for lessons, clear away afterwards and assist with the display of pupils’ work
- Provide support to the teacher in the management of pupils and in the management of the classroom
- Provide support to pupils in respect of local and national learning strategies (e.g. English, mathematics, early years), as directed by the teacher
- Make observations of learning from the activities you are directed to complete and feed these back to the teacher
- Assist the classroom teacher in providing learning opportunities that are tailored to the individual needs of pupils and/or groups of pupils
- Plan, under the guidance of the classroom teacher, interventions for pupils and make assessment judgements based on their performance during the intervention
- Assist in ensuring that all pupils meet their academic potential by supporting in the education provision for them throughout the school day
- Assist with the supervision of pupils out of lesson times, including before and after school and at lunchtimes
- Support the teacher in managing pupil behaviour and provide one-to-one support as appropriate
- Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher
- Prepare and maintain curriculum low value equipment and resources as directed by the teacher and assist pupils in their use.
- Provide assistance with pupil welfare and first aid issues e.g. look after sick pupils and liaise with parents/carers
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. An Enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this post.
Where you'll work
Lipson Vale Primary School
Bernice Terrace Lipson
Plymouth
PL4 7HW
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY TRUST
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
Behaviours, Skills & Knowledge - Functional Skills in Maths and English at level 2 (if not already exempt through prior qualifications)
- You will have regular visits at the workplace from a designated assessor to observe your progress and competence in the role you are carrying out
- Training will be one day a month at Argyle Community Trust (Foulston Park)
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade 4-9 (A*-C))
- Math (grade 4-9 (A*-C))
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
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Approachable and Friendly
- Firm and Consistent
- Hopeful and Optimistic
- Solution focused
Other requirements
Candidates should be able to problem solve independently and find solutions to problems presented. Effective written and oral communication skills when working with pupils and communication with parents, colleagues, pupils and other professionals. Effective use of technology within daily activity.
About this company
Lipson Vale Primary School is a very special place to learn. We believe passionately in being at the very heart of our community and ensuring that all teaching and learning meet the diverse needs of the community we serve. We are a popular school that accommodates 420 children from the Reception year through to Year 6. The school team, our wonderful pupils and our families have worked together closely over the last few years to redefine the direction of the school. As such, we decided on our guiding values and a vision which we base all of our decision making on in school. We invest heavily in ensuring that our teaching teams are given the very best professional development which means that they can provide the very best teaching and learning in the classroom. The Lipson Vale team work incredibly hard to meet the individual needs of our learners every day and we pride ourselves on the pastoral care we offer, as well as our ‘relationship’ focused approach to supporting pupils through challenges that they face.
After this apprenticeship
- There may be the potential for full-time employment upon successful completion of the apprenticeship, for the right candidate
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
PLYMOUTH ARGYLE FOOTBALL IN THE COMMUNITY TRUST
Thaila Morse
thaila.morse@pafc.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000330850.
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Closes in 12 days (Friday 25 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
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