Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship - Oasis Academy Marksbury
OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING
Bristol (BS3 5JL)
Closes in 23 days (Monday 1 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 7 November 2025
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Summary
During your time as a Teaching Assistant Apprentice, you will provide direct support for the learning of individual children or groups of children, including those with some level of SEN.
- Wage
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£14,526.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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Increases to National Minimum Wage after 12 months
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday (term time only),
18 months fixed contract.
Times to be confirmed.
37 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 2 December 2025
- Duration
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1 year 4 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
During your time as a Teaching Assistant Apprentice, you will provide direct support for the learning of individual children or groups of children, including those with some level of SEN, to achieve progress in learning, under the general direction of the class teacher. Some of you day to day duties will include:
- Providing feedback, usually verbal, to pupils during learning episodes about the quality of their learning, saying what they have done well and what they need to improve
- Communicating children’s achievements during lessons to the class teacher, this may be in written form (i.e. notes on plans, filling in an given proforma or using online assessment observation tools
- Supervising children at break times, on a rota
- Promote academy policies on pupil behaviour and follow academy processes for the management of behaviour
- Follow the academy safeguarding policies and raising any safeguarding concerns with the Designated Safeguarding Lead or the Deputy Designated Safeguarding Lead
- Support in the implementation of strategies to manage pupil behaviour, including the consistent use of rewards and sanctions, understanding the limits to which they may employ such sanctions
- Communicate with colleagues, children and parents in a professional and respectful manner, respecting confidentiality
- Work in compliance with the codes of conduct, regulations and policies of the academy and its commitment to equal opportunities
Where you'll work
Marksbury Road
Bristol
BS3 5JL
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
- Teaching Assistant Level 3 qualification
- All learning is delivered online/ remotely
- You will receive 20% off the job training to work towards your apprenticeship
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
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Patience
About this employer
Oasis Academies exists to provide a rich and balanced educational environment which caters for the whole person - academically, vocationally, socially, morally, spiritually, physically, emotionally and environmentally. Our task is to serve our students as well as to provide a learning hub for the entire community. In this way we will raise aspirations, unlock potential and work to achieve excellence through encouraging a ‘can do’ culture which nurtures confident and competent people.
After this apprenticeship
- Permanent position within a Teaching Assistant role
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
Charlie
charlie.seaman@lmpeducation.org
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000350414.
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Closes in 23 days (Monday 1 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
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