Teaching Assistant Apprentice
Kirton Lindsey Primary Academy
Kirton Lindsay (DN21 4EH)
Closes in 14 days (Saturday 11 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 26 September 2025
Contents
Summary
We are looking for an enthusiastic Teaching Assistant Apprentice to join our vibrant and friendly team at Kirton Lindsey Primary School, part of The Isle Education Trust. This is a fantastic opportunity for the right candidate to earn a salary and gain a level 3 qualification.
- Wage
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£11,778 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 Between 8.30am - 3.30pm.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 27 October 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
General duties including:
- Contribute to the overall ethos and aims of the organisation and promote diversity, inclusion, equality and acceptance of all learners in line with school policies, including by challenging stereotyped views, bullying or harassment
- Implement safeguarding polices and safe practice, including online safety, in line with legislation, policies, and procedures, including maintaining confidentiality
- Work in partnership and liaise with other professionals (such as the teaching staff, SENDCo, or external advisors) and parents/carers to support all learners’ learning
- Reflect on their own practice and identify appropriate professional development opportunities with the support of colleagues
- Understand the specific needs of learners and use strategies to support all learners to achieve their learning goals
- Promote engagement and teach learning behaviours to support the development of independent learners
- Establish positive relationships with learners and promote positive behaviours, consistently applying the school’s behaviour policy
- Support the social, emotional, mental health, wellbeing and personal care of all learners in line with organisational policy and procedures
- Deliver individual and small group teaching within clearly defined/planned parameters in partnership with the teacher and other professionals
- Contribute to assessment and planning by supporting the monitoring, recording, and reporting of learner outcomes and participation as agreed with the teacher
- Support the development of a stimulating and safe learning environment by contributing to the selection and preparation of teaching resources that meet the diverse needs and interests of learners
- Support or lead enrichment activities, for example, visits, out-of-school activities and in-school clubs
Where you'll work
Kirton Lindsay Primary Academy
Cornwall Street
Kirton Lindsay
DN21 4EH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
DN COLLEGES GROUP
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
- Training will be at Doncaster College via day-release, where you will access a wide range of facilities on offer
- You will undertake the Level 3 Teaching Assistant standard
- https://www.instituteforapprenticeships.org/apprenticeship-standards/teaching-assistant-v1-1
- You will undertake both on and off-the-job training by a team of industry-qualified professionals to give you the best skills, knowledge and experience that will help you become a teacher of the future!
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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
You must be able to travel to and from work and college. Apprentices are paid for their normal working hours and training that's part of their apprenticeship (usually one day per week). The Apprenticeship National Minimum Wage guide is updated every April (ANMW): https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates Please note that since you'll be placed within a secondary school, part of the apprenticeship will involve assisting in the teaching and mentoring of more senior students. We need to ask all applicants whether they have any relevant criminal convictions and or pending investigation as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Relevant meaning offences against a person, whether violent or sexual, offences involving drugs or controlled substances, or theft. A declaration of a relevant Criminal Conviction will result in a Risk Assessment being carried out to determine whether the applicant poses a risk to the welfare or safety of others. This does not include warnings, cautions, reprimands and (for example) speeding fines/points. You will be asked about this when we contact you to arrange a pre-screening Interview. A YES ANSWER DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY EXCLUDE YOUR APPLICATION.
About this employer
We are a school in a rural community and, as our motto ‘Where Young Minds Shine’ suggests, we pride ourselves on the fact that the children are the most important part of our school and our key aim is to support every single child to achieve all they are capable of. Staff and Governors work hard to offer the children in our care a very personalised first experience of school life. We value each member of our school individually and do all we can to promote self-confidence and self-esteem in all. We have a nurturing approach to school life, being very willing to accommodate individual needs and interests. Learning should be fun for the teachers as well as the children. We value parents’ involvement in their child’s learning and warmly welcome parents as well as their children into our school community. Our approach seems to work and we are very proud of the standards the children achieve, both academically and personally.
https://www.kirtonlindseyschool.co.uk/ (opens in new tab)
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
- Successful completion of the apprenticeship could lead to a higher-level apprenticeship or full-time employment for the right candidate
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
DN COLLEGES GROUP
Anna Phoenix
Anna.Phoenix@don.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000344003.
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Closes in 14 days (Saturday 11 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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