Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship
Newdigate Primary School
Bedworth (CV12 0HA)
Closes in 11 days (Tuesday 16 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 2 September 2025
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Summary
We are seeking to appoint a talented, enthusiastic and highly motivated Apprentice Level 3 Teaching Assistant to work full-time (8.30am – 3.30pm) to join us as soon as possible. The successful candidate will work flexibly across the school as well as with individuals with SEND.
- 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
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday.
Term Time only.
Between 8.30am - 3.30pm (30minutes lunch break).
32 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 29 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
TYPICAL TASKS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
Curriculum support:
- Apply considerable depth of knowledge and understanding of a relevant area of the curriculum or age range or SEN, in supporting the teaching, learning and development of pupils
- Be involved in and contribute to whole school policy development
Pupil support:
- Use specialist knowledge, expertise, and training to provide appropriate and differentiated support to pupils
- Support families to respond to children's needs
Teacher support:
- Support SLT in guiding the work of support staff (e.g. TA1/2, MDS, volunteers)
- Observe and promote pupil performance and development
- Co-ordinate and organise pupils attending extracurricular activities
School/service support:
- Model good practice and contribute to the planning and delivery of INSET to others who support pupils
- Support children and families through home visiting
- Be able to work in a variety of school settings and at different key stages
- Either - Manage a team of teaching assistants, provide leadership, contribute to their performance management, allocate and check work, provide learning opportunities or take lead responsibility for coordination of a whole-school activity or policy
Where you'll work
Anderton Road
Bedworth
CV12 0HA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
EDUCATION AND SKILLS TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
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.
Training schedule
At the end of the apprenticeship, you will achieve the following:
- Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Standard
- Level 2 Functional Skills in maths and English (if applicable)
- The apprenticeship will be delivered in the workplace alongside your job role. You will be invited to attend monthly teaching sessions and have meetings with your tutor every 4-6 weeks
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
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
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
About this employer
Newdigate Primary and Nursery School is a growing, friendly primary school based on the outskirts of Bedworth, surrounded by some lovely open countryside. The school was built in the sixties and in 2016 we celebrated our 50th Birthday. Our vision and values are at the core of everything we do. They underpin our teaching and learning, and provide an environment which prepares our pupils as confident, happy citizens. We firmly believe in the importance of a good relationship between home and school. We aim to give every child the very best possible start in life. At Newdigate, we want all our children to: discover and maintain the joy of learning through a warm, caring, nurturing and supportive community achieve the highest standard they can through a stimulating, safe, secure environment value each individual’s worth and realise that each member of the school community has a positive contribution to offer
https://www.newdigate.warwickshire.sch.uk/welcome/ (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
Higher-level Teaching Assistant or continued employment with the school.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EDUCATION AND SKILLS TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
Jenny Lindley
jenny.lindley@education-and-skills.com
07506080920
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000339972.
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Closes in 11 days (Tuesday 16 September 2025 at 11:59pm)
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