Teaching Assistant Apprentice
Hannah More Primary School
Bristol (BS2 0LT)
Closes in 10 days (Friday 5 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 24 November 2025
Contents
Summary
Hannah More Primary seeks an apprentice TA to learn from its Inclusion Team, supporting pupils with autism and emotional needs to access mainstream learning. The school is highly inclusive and has a strong reputation for successfully supporting children with additional needs.
- Wage
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£12,955.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, typically 8.30am - 3.30pm
33 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 5 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
- Providing 1:1 and small group support during lessons to enable pupils to access whole class teaching
- Planning, preparing and delivering 1:1 and small group interventions in specific areas of need
- Supporting pupils at break times and lunch times to ensure their safety and promote positive play
- Preparing resources for class teacher or for interventions to be delivered
- Assisting pupils with personal care
Where you'll work
New Kingsley Road
Bristol
BS2 0LT
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
CITY OF BRISTOL 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
- Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard
- Supporting the class teacher to enhance learning.
- City of Bristol College
- Off site in its entirety
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (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
- Team working
- Patience
About this employer
Hannah More is a nurturing school at the heart of the community in central Bristol. We have a diverse intake of pupils from many different countries. Our welcoming school has a positive and committed staff team. The school has a wide range of needs including pupils with Speech and language difficulties, Emotional difficulties, physical difficulties and Autism. The school has a specialist classroom for supporting pupils with social communication difficulties and a Nurture classroom to support pupils with social and emotional difficulties. Apprentices will be given the opportunity to learn from all these settings and work with a range of needs.
Company benefits
Free onsite parking. Free tea and coffee.
After this apprenticeship
- Successful apprentices are very likely to be offered a permanent role at the school
- The school has a good reputation for training and developing staff
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
CITY OF BRISTOL COLLEGE
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000001752.
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Closes in 10 days (Friday 5 December 2025 at 11:59pm)
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