Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprentice

Barley Mow Primary School

Birtley, Chester Le Street (DH3 2DJ)

Closes in 8 days (Friday 31 October 2025)

Posted on 20 October 2025

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Summary

Do you have a desire to work with children and get them off to the best possible start in Education? At Barley Mow we aim to create a happy, caring and supportive ethos in which every child is valued and given the opportunity to realise their full potential. Children are at the centre of everything we do.

Wage

£14,557.61 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday 37.08 hours per week, working hours TBC

37 hours 5 minutes a week

Start date

Monday 1 December 2025

Duration

1 year 3 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

  • Support to implement learning activities working with individual or small groups of pupils
  • Support to assist the development of varying skills that support pupils' learning
  • Support in producing learning resources
  • Support to assist in pupil supervision
  • Support in monitoring and recording of pupil progress and developmental needs
  • Reporting pupil progress to the teacher
  • Work within the schools’ policy and procedures
  • Support in promoting our whole school vision and values
  • Working to the apprenticeship framework and completing work in a timely manner
  • To support and supervise children who attend breakfast club
  • To undertake any of the duties normally associated with a Teaching Assistant to support with their training and development, including supervisory duty during breaks and lunchtimes

Where you'll work

Barley Mow Primary School
Birtley, Chester Le Street
DH3 2DJ

Training

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

Training provider

GATESHEAD COUNCIL

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)
  • Mathematics (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
  • Problem solving skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative

About this employer

Under the guidance of teachers and teaching assistants, the successful candidate will be involved in working with individuals or small groups of children to support the education, personal and social development of pupils and establishing positive relationships to assist pupils complete structured learning activities.

After this apprenticeship

Progression for a suitable candidate.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

GATESHEAD COUNCIL

0191 433 8727

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000347431.

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Closes in 8 days (Friday 31 October 2025)

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