Apprentice Learning Support Assistant - Paget High School
Staffordshire County Council
Burton (DE14 3DR)
Closes in 17 days (Friday 3 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 16 September 2025
Contents
Summary
We are seeking to appoint a motivated person who believes in the power of education to work in our learning support team. Working alongside our SENCO and teaching staff, you will work directly with vulnerable students to overcome barriers to learning.
- Wage
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£19,346.56 a year
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 3.30pm. 30-minutes lunch break. Term time only.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 20 October 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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3
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
- Provide learning and care support for pupils with SEN to help work towards the outcomes on their education and health care plan
- Supporting pupils with building positive relationships, promoting high standards of behaviour and assisting with developments and delivery of Education support plans
- Demonstrating an informed and efficient approach to teaching learning while supporting the work of the teacher
- Using behaviour management strategies in line with school policy
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young persons
Where you'll work
Paget High School
Burton Road
Branston
Burton
DE14 3DR
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DCG
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.
Training schedule
Teaching Assistant Level 3.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C or above or equivalent)
- Maths (grade 4/C or above or equivalent)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Acts with integrity
- Enthusiastic
- Resilient
- Reflective and open to support
- Forms positive relationships
- Prioritises and plans
Other requirements
Employees will be expected to comply with any reasonable request from a manager to undertake work of a similar level that is not specified in this job description. If we are interested in taking your application further, you will receive an email from a derby college email address (@derby-college.ac.uk). Please make sure that you check your inbox as well as your spam/junk folders, so you do not miss out on the opportunity to apply.
About this employer
Welcome to Paget High School, where we aim to provide an excellent education for all of our students, where we celebrate diversity and strive to foster an environment where every young person can flourish, academically, socially and emotionally.
After this apprenticeship
Learning Support Assistant.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DCG
Lauren Stapleton
lauren.stapleton@derby-college.ac.uk
01332387420
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000341835.
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Closes in 17 days (Friday 3 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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