Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship at Chowbent Primary School
INSPIRE ATA LIMITED
Manchester (M46 9FP)
Closes in 29 days (Friday 21 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 21 October 2025
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Summary
Are you passionate about supporting children’s learning and development? We’re looking for a caring, enthusiastic, and proactive Teaching Assistant Apprentice to join a friendly one-form entry primary school for children aged 4 to 11 years.
- Wage
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£13,741 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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Automatic pay increase after one year on programme for 19+ year olds
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday 7.30am - 3.30pm, with a 1 hour lunch break each day
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Thursday 1 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
- As a Teaching Assistant Apprentice, you will support pupils both one-to-one and in small groups, helping them to thrive academically, socially, and emotionally
- You’ll work closely with teachers and senior staff to ensure every child has access to a positive and inclusive learning experience
- Supporting children with their learning activities, both in class and during small group sessions
- Assisting the teacher with the day-to-day running of the classroom and lesson preparation
- Supporting pupils with SEN or additional needs, helping them overcome barriers to learning
- Building positive and nurturing relationships with pupils, promoting confidence and engagement
- Encouraging good behaviour and supporting the school’s positive behaviour policy
- Assisting with personal care, including changing nappies when required
- Helping with the preparation of classroom displays and learning materials
- Monitoring and recording pupil progress, feeding back observations to the class teacher
- Supervising pupils before and after school, including supporting breakfast club each morning
- Accompanying staff and pupils on school trips, visits, and enrichment activities
- Promote inclusion and ensure all pupils feel valued and supported
- Help develop and implement individual education and behaviour plans
- Maintain a safe, engaging, and supportive learning environment
- Provide regular feedback to teachers on pupil progress and wellbeing
- Carry out administrative tasks such as photocopying, filing, and preparing resources
- Work collaboratively with colleagues and external professionals to meet children’s needs
- Uphold the school’s safeguarding, equality, and health & safety policies at all times
Desired Skills & Qualities:
- A genuine passion for working with children and supporting their development
- Kind, patient, and empathetic approach
- Reliable, enthusiastic, and willing to learn
- Good communication and teamwork skills
- Ability to follow instructions and use initiative when needed
- Comfortable assisting with personal care (including nappy changing)
Where you'll work
Laburnum Street
Atherton
Manchester
M46 9FP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
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
The successful candidate will obtain a Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship standard qualification
More training information
- Each apprentice will have their own dedicated tutor who will conduct monthly remote tutorials and reviews, providing continuous support throughout the apprenticeship program
- Depending on the apprentice’s needs, the frequency of these sessions may vary
Requirements
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Reliable
- Caring
Other requirements
Pre-employment checks. Please be aware that upon a successful offer of employment, the company completes digitalised right-to-work checks and DBS applications via an external provider - 'Matrix Screening'. The company also completes an internal online social media search, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance.
About this employer
Inspire ATA is an official Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, licenced by the Department for Education. Currently ranked 1st in the Rate My Apprenticeship Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers in the UK Award 2024-2025. Inspire ATA specialises in creating apprenticeship opportunities, where we recruit and employ the apprentice on behalf of our host clients, enabling us to offer additional support and a better experience for both the apprentice and the client as the experts in the industry. We arrange the most suitable and appropriate apprenticeship training from one of our partnered training providers. If you are successful in securing an apprenticeship with Inspire ATA, it is important to understand that Inspire ATA will be your employer and the apprenticeship placement will be a separate organisation that simply hosts you as an apprentice. As a Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, Inspire ATA performs an important role in developing the UK labour market and it is our responsibility to ensure that talent is recognised, developed, and matched with business needs, whatever the background of the individual, irrespective of gender, race, disability, age, religion or belief, relationship orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity and gender reassignment. We are proud of the diverse nature of our business and work with clients to ensure that all candidates are treated with courtesy and respect.
After this apprenticeship
- Potential full-time employment for the right candidate upon successful completion of the apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
INSPIRE ATA LIMITED
Katie Munn
Katie@inspire-ata.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000347718.
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Closes in 29 days (Friday 21 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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