Level 5 Specialist Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship - Broomfield School
INSPIRE ATA LIMITED
Leeds (LS10 3JP)
Closes in 25 days (Tuesday 30 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 1 September 2025
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Summary
This apprenticeship develops advanced knowledge and skills to support teaching and learning in schools. Apprentices work alongside teachers to plan, deliver, and evaluate learning activities, with a focus on pupils who need additional support.
- Wage
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£12,759.50 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Specialist teaching assistant (level 5)
- Hours
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Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 8.45am - 3.45pm. Wednesday, 8.45am - 4.15pm. Friday, 8.45am - 3.15pm. All with a 30-minute lunch break.
32 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 1 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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4
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
- Support Personal Care – Assist pupils with dressing, feeding, toileting, and mobility needs (full training provided)
- Aid Learning – Help students engage with lessons, use classroom technology, and follow teacher instructions
- Encourage Independence – Support pupils in building confidence, life skills, and self-reliance in line with their individual plans
- Promote Positive Behaviour – Assist in managing challenging behaviours safely and appropriately (training provided)
- Prepare Classrooms – Set up learning resources and ensure the classroom is tidy and well-organised
- Work as Part of a Team – Collaborate with teachers, therapists, and other staff to provide holistic support for students
- Supervise Activities – Monitor pupils during breaks, lunchtimes, and school trips to ensure safety and well-being
- Full training is provided, including first aid, behaviour support, and communication tools (e.g., Makaton, British Sign Language)
- You must follow all safeguarding, safety, equality, and confidentiality policies
- The role can involve physical tasks such as lifting or supporting students who use wheelchairs
- You’ll be part of a dedicated team committed to making school a positive and inclusive experience for all pupils
Where you'll work
Broom Place
Leeds
LS10 3JP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
Training course
Specialist teaching assistant (level 5)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Act in line with policies, processes, and procedures related to statutory frameworks and non-statutory guidance, including safeguarding, implementing the setting’s behaviour policy.
- Establish a safe, stimulating and nurturing environment for learners.
- Establish nurturing, effective working relationships with learners, parents or carers and stakeholders.
- Demonstrate understanding of equality and diversity and sustainable development.
- Undertake dynamic risk assessment of the learning environment.
- Respond to and mitigate potential hazards that may adversely affect a learning environment.
- Contribute to the planning of learning and assessment activities.
- Apply teaching strategies to advance learning, for example scaffolding.
- Select and use safely, appropriate equipment and resources to advance learning.
- Apply an appropriate range of assessment methods, including formative, summative and individual needs-based assessments.
- Analyse assessment outcomes to inform reporting and future planning.
- Provide ongoing feedback to learners and support them to respond to feedback.
- Record and report information related to learners’ progress to a range of stakeholders.
- Collaborate with colleagues and other professionals.
- Advocate for and champion the needs of learners.
- Use a range of research to critically evaluate teaching and assessment approaches and practices.
- Critically evaluate a variety of teaching and assessment methods depending on the learning environments and learners’ needs.
- Improve own practice by undertaking continuous self-reflection including seeking and responding to feedback from varied sources.
- Update and maintain their own knowledge and skills as part of managing their own continuing professional development.
- Communicate information and analysis in a variety of forms to reflect the needs of the audience, for example by providing appropriate advice and guidance to parents or carers.
- Support the development of effective practices in others, for example through mentoring and coaching colleagues.
- Identify, action, and challenge issues and undertake difficult conversations where appropriate.
- Recognise signs of vulnerability in self or colleagues and the appropriate actions required to minimise risks to professional well-being.
- Implement strategies to support the social and emotional well-being of learners.
- Select and use technologies safely and effectively to promote learning.
- Prioritise and manage own workload, for example recognising the importance of capacity.
- Implement national and local SEND policy, practices, processes, and procedures.
- Apply approaches to the assessment and early identification of SEND.
- Apply strategies to adapt provision and practices to support learners with SEND.
- Implement national and local policies, practices, processes, and procedures related to social and emotional well-being.
- Identify and signpost learners in need of social and emotional well-being intervention.
- Apply strategies to support the social and emotional well-being of learners.
- Implement national and local policies, practices, processes, and procedures related to the specific curriculum provision.
- Adapt planning and assessment to support learning and progress in the specific area of curriculum provision.
- Support colleagues by advocating for the specific curriculum provision.
- Act in line with policies, processes, and procedures related to statutory frameworks and non-statutory guidance, including safeguarding, implementing the setting’s behaviour policy.
- Establish a safe, stimulating and nurturing environment for learners.
- Establish nurturing, effective working relationships with learners, parents or carers and stakeholders.
- Demonstrate understanding of equality and diversity and sustainable development.
- Undertake dynamic risk assessment of the learning environment.
- Respond to and mitigate potential hazards that may adversely affect a learning environment.
- Contribute to the planning of learning and assessment activities.
- Apply teaching strategies to advance learning, for example scaffolding.
- Select and use safely, appropriate equipment and resources to advance learning.
- Apply an appropriate range of assessment methods, including formative, summative and individual needs-based assessments.
- Analyse assessment outcomes to inform reporting and future planning.
- Provide ongoing feedback to learners and support them to respond to feedback.
- Record and report information related to learners’ progress to a range of stakeholders.
- Collaborate with colleagues and other professionals.
- Advocate for and champion the needs of learners.
- Use a range of research to critically evaluate teaching and assessment approaches and practices.
- Critically evaluate a variety of teaching and assessment methods depending on the learning environments and learners’ needs.
- Improve own practice by undertaking continuous self-reflection including seeking and responding to feedback from varied sources.
- Update and maintain their own knowledge and skills as part of managing their own continuing professional development.
- Communicate information and analysis in a variety of forms to reflect the needs of the audience, for example by providing appropriate advice and guidance to parents or carers.
- Support the development of effective practices in others, for example through mentoring and coaching colleagues.
- Identify, action, and challenge issues and undertake difficult conversations where appropriate.
- Recognise signs of vulnerability in self or colleagues and the appropriate actions required to minimise risks to professional well-being.
- Implement strategies to support the social and emotional well-being of learners.
- Select and use technologies safely and effectively to promote learning.
- Prioritise and manage own workload, for example recognising the importance of capacity.
Training schedule
Specialist Teaching Assistant Level 5 (Higher national diploma) Apprenticeship Standard
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade A*-C/9-4 or Level 2 equivalent)
- Maths (grade A*-C/9-4 or Level 2 equivalent)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Pre-employment checks. Please be aware that upon a successful offer of employment the company completes digitalised right-to-work checks and DBS applications via an external provider - 'Matrix Screening'. The company also completes an internal online social media search, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance.
About this employer
Inspire ATA is an official Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, licenced by the Department for Education. Currently ranked 1st in the Rate My Apprenticeship Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers in the UK Award 2024-2025. Inspire ATA specialises in creating apprenticeship opportunities, where we recruit and employ the apprentice on behalf of our host clients, enabling us to offer additional support and a better experience for both the apprentice and the client as the experts in the industry. We arrange the most suitable and appropriate apprenticeship training from one of our partnered training providers. If you are successful in securing an apprenticeship with Inspire ATA, it is important to understand that Inspire ATA will be your employer and the apprenticeship placement will be a separate organisation that simply hosts you as an apprentice. As a Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, Inspire ATA performs an important role in developing the UK labour market and it is our responsibility to ensure that talent is recognised, developed, and matched with business needs, whatever the background of the individual, irrespective of gender, race, disability, age, religion or belief, relationship orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity and gender reassignment. We are proud of the diverse nature of our business and work with clients to ensure that all candidates are treated with courtesy and respect.
After this apprenticeship
- Teacher Training (Qualified Teacher Status – QTS): With experience as a Level 5 TA, you could consider becoming a fully qualified teacher
- Specialist Roles in Education: with your specialist knowledge, you might explore roles such as a Special Educational Needs Coordinator (SENCO), Pastoral Support Lead, or Learning Mentor. These roles may require additional qualifications
- Leadership and Management: Educational leadership roles like Assistant Headteacher or Deputy Headteacher are also options, typically after gaining QTS and substantial teaching experience
- Specialised Support and Therapy Roles: further Qualifications are needed, however a Specialist Teaching Assistant qualification can open doors
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000339755.
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Closes in 25 days (Tuesday 30 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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