Teaching Assistant Apprentice
Limehurst Academy
Leicestershire (LE11 1NH)
Closes in 15 days (Sunday 23 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 7 November 2025
Contents
Summary
Limehurst Academy are looking for a teaching assistant apprentice to provide high quality support to enable students with additional needs to make outstanding progress in their learning and to play a full and active part in the life of the school.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.30am - 3.30pm including 30-minute lunchbreak.
After school sessions some Mondays to attend staff training and department and year team meetings.
32 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 5 January 2026
- Duration
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1 year 9 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
- To work collaboratively with colleagues as part of a professional team, in particular the class teacher, the SENDCO and other Teaching Assistants; working at all times within the school’s policies and procedures
- To support those students who have additional needs in the classroom
- To promote and support the inclusion of all students in the learning activities in which they are involved
- To promote the development of students’ self-esteem, emotional resilience and independence
- To establish good relationships with students, acting as a role model and being aware of and responding appropriately to individual needs
- To provide support in line with students’ access arrangements for formal examinations
- If required, to provide support to students during the unstructured times of the school day
- To assist with the maintenance of student record-keeping systems, including recording agreed updates to individual learning and support plans
- To attend staff meetings, participate in performance management arrangements and undertake training and development activities
Where you'll work
Bridge Street
Loughborough
Leicestershire
LE11 1NH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE
Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
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
- A mixture of blended learning in the workplace and taught delivery every other Friday afternoon at the Loughborough College Campus (optional term time only)
- Diarised visits from dedicated Trainer/Assessor
- Attendance to Loughborough College Campus for Functional Skills (if required)
- On-the-job training
- Off-the-job training
More training information
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4/C)
- Maths (grade 4/C)
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
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this employer
We are a multicultural 11-16 school, proud to serve the centre of Loughborough. The school was judged as Good by Ofsted in April 2022, with inspectors praising student conduct as being exemplary. We strive to be a happy and successful school, and we actively promote positive choices and having a can-do attitude.
https://www.limehurst.org.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Employee benefits programme & access to wellbeing package.
After this apprenticeship
- Learning Support Assistant
- Teaching Assistant
- Cover Supervisor
- HLTA
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE
Sophia Cleaver
apprenticeships@loucoll.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000350038.
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Closes in 15 days (Sunday 23 November 2025 at 11:59pm)
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