Teaching Assistant Apprentice
ST MODWENS CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL
BURTON ON TRENT (DE13 0AJ)
Closes in 22 days (Sunday 19 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 26 September 2025
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Summary
Exciting opportunity to work in a Catholic primary school, under the direct instruction of teaching staff, usually in the classroom with the teacher. Provide specific support to the teacher in the care of pupils and management of the classroom.
- Wage
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£12,759.50 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
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PLEASE NOTE: This is a term time only role so your yearly wage will be £11,005 based on total paid weeks of 44.85 and total working weeks of 39. The above salary is the full time equivalent
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday. Term time only plus inset days. Days and shifts are to be confirmed upon interview.
32 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 13 January 2026
- 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
Support to Pupils - To support Class Teacher/PE Lead/Teaching Assistants/Midday Supervisors to:
- Provide pastoral support to pupils within the school environment
- Assist children in matters of personal needs and their general health including first aid and welfare matters. To participate in school First Aid Rota
- Provide structured support in accordance with specific work programmes designed and supervised by individual teachers
- To contribute to raising standards by ensuring high expectations are promoted for pupils
- Involvement in the implementation of Individual Education/Behaviour/Support/Mentoring plans
- Arrange medical/dental visits as appropriate
- Provide general support to pupils, ensuring their safety, by complying with good H&S practice
- Accompany teaching staff and pupils on visits, trips and out of school activities as required
- Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher
- Assisting the children with their table manners and use of cutlery and assisting with the cutting of meat etc. for smaller children
- Patrolling the playground and “out of bounds” areas regularly
- Organise and deliver sports activities and encourage participation at lunchtimes
- Where the children dine away from the school, escorting them to and from the school dining room
- Supervision of children before, during and after the meal, including the supervising of children to deposit leftover food from plates into receptacles provided
- Supervision of children bringing sandwiches - to oversee that the debris left by children with packed lunches is removed/cleaned
- Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young persons you are responsible for or come into contact with
- Record and report cause for concerns using school safeguarding systems (CPOMS)
A full job description can be made available on request.
Where you'll work
TUTBURY ROAD
BURTON ON TRENT
DE13 0AJ
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE COLLEGE
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
- Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard in Teaching Assistant qualification
- End-Point Assessment (EPA)
- Day Release every week at Tamworth Campus (term-time only)
- Diarised visits from dedicated Trainer/Assessor
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
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
Other requirements
Additional training to take place at South Staffs College Tamworth Campus to develop knowledge, skills, and behaviours to accordance to this Apprenticeship. Please ensure you are able to travel before applying.
About this employer
At St Modwen's we offer a warm welcome into our beautiful school environment, where the Gospel values of love, peace and justice are reflected in all that we do as a community of faith. We are an inclusive school, valuing the education of all our children, so that each child fulfils their God-given potential. We achieve this in a setting underpinned by Gospel values and practices. Our Catholic life permeates all aspects of school life; this was validated in our RE Section 48 Inspection in February 2018, which judged us to be an outstanding Catholic school. As a committed team of staff, we strive to continually review and improve our journey towards excellence for the children and community of St Modwen's
After this apprenticeship
The possibility of a permanent position for the right candidate.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE COLLEGE
apprenticeships@southstaffs.ac.uk
0300 456 2424
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000344016.
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Closes in 22 days (Sunday 19 October 2025 at 11:59pm)
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