Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship - Holbeach Bank Academy

UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN ACADEMY TRUST

Spalding (PE12 8BX)

Closes in 13 days (Thursday 9 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 24 September 2025

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Summary

We are seeking an apprentice working directly with children to support their progress up to and including year 6. If appointed, you will follow the Level 3 Teaching Assistant Standard. Duties include: establishing a supportive relationship with pupils and ensuring acceptance and inclusion of every child.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

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Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, Shifts to be confirmed. Term time only.

32 hours 30 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 3 November 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

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

  • Establishing a supportive relationship with pupils
  • Ensuring acceptance and inclusion of every child
  • Helping pupils to concentrate and finish work set
  • Ensuring the childrenare able to use equipment and materials provided
  • Motivating and encouraging the children as required
  • Supporting learning
  • Able to support activities under direction of the class teacher.
  • Support the class teacher

Where you'll work

Holbeach Bank Primary
Roman Bank, Holbeach
Spalding
PE12 8BX

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

Training provider

UNIVERSITY ACADEMY HOLBEACH

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

  • You will gain a Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Level 3
  • You will work and complete your training at Holbeach Bank Academy
  • The training will include visits from your assessor in the workplace

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

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
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience
  • Understand safeguarding

Other requirements

Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service check

About this employer

Holbeach Bank primary is an academy judged good in all areas and continues to be consistently strong in working and enjoying time together, keeping safe and recognising how we continue to further build all that is driving the very best for the pupils in our car.

https://www.holbeachbankacademy.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

  • There maybe a permanent position available on successful completion of the apprenticeship

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

UNIVERSITY ACADEMY HOLBEACH

Maddy Austen

maddy.austen@uolat.co.uk

07930964273

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000343662.

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Closes in 13 days (Thursday 9 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

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