Special Needs Teaching Assistant Apprentice
Chellow Heights School
Bradford (BD9 6AL)
Closes in 8 days (Friday 29 May 2026)
Posted on 20 May 2026
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Summary
Do you have a passion for working with children and want to help make a difference to their lives? Come and join the team at Chellow Heights.
We are recruiting for a Special Needs Teaching Assistant to join our expanding team, working in small classes of pupils in a special school setting.
- Wage
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£18,347 a year
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 8:30am - 3:00pm and Wednesday 8:30am - 4:00pm.
31 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 7 September 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
Key Duties & Responsibilities:
Support for Pupils:
- Supervise and provide particular support for pupils with special needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities.
- Establish constructive relationships with pupils and interact with them according to individual needs.
- Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils.
- Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher/person in charge.
- Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement under the guidance of the teacher/person in charge.
- Assist with the development and implementation of Individual Education/Behaviour Plans and Personal Care programmes (including meeting the personal care, hygiene needs, and therapy and medical intervention needs of the pupils).
Support for the Teacher:
- Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans and assist with the display of pupils’ work.
- Provide detailed and regular feedback to teachers on pupils’ achievement, progress, problems etc.
- Monitor pupils’ responses to learning activities and accurately record achievement/progress as directed.
- Promote good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour.
- Ensure the health and safety of pupils at all times.
- Establish constructive relationships with parents/carers.
- Provide clerical/admin support, e.g. photocopying, typing, filing, money, administer coursework etc.
- Use strategies, in liaison with the teacher, to support pupils to achieve learning goals.
- Assist with the planning of learning activities.
- Administer routine tests and invigilate exams and undertake routine marking of pupils’ work.
Support for the Curriculum:
- Undertake structured and agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to pupil responses.
- Undertake programmes linked to local and national learning strategies, e.g. literacy, numeracy, KS1/2, early years, recording achievement and progress and feeding back to the teacher.
- Support the use of ICT in learning activities and develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use.
- Prepare, maintain and use equipment/resources required to meet the lesson plans/relevant learning activities (including checking for quality/safety and reporting any damages) and assist pupils in their use.
- Demonstrate and assist others in safe and effective use of specialist equipment/materials.
Support for the School:
- Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person.
- Be aware of and support differences and ensure all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop.
- Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school.
- Assist with the supervision of pupils outside of lesson times, including before and after school and at lunchtime.
- Accompany teaching staff/person in charge and pupils on visits, trips and out-of-school activities as required and take responsibility for a group under the supervision of the teacher/person in charge.
- May be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the grade and level of responsibilities as defined in this job description.
- May be required to work with pupils of any age within the age-range of the school.
- May be required to work with pupils with the full range of SEN within the school.
Where you'll work
Chellow Heights Special School West Campus
Thorn Lane
Bingley Road
Bradford
BD9 6AL
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP
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
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4)
- Maths (grade C/4)
Desirable qualifications
Other 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
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Ability to use ICT effectively
- Good sense of humour
- Willingness to accept change
- Flexibility to accept change
Other requirements
Term time only plus 4 days. The post will be based at either our South or West site. Please state your preference on your application form.
About this employer
Chellow Heights school is a large special school which is located on two separate sites. Both sites offer exceptional learning environments for our pupils which enhance their learning and quality of life experiences. These include an outstanding outdoor provision, multi-sensory rooms, soft play, food technology rooms and our ‘engine’ rooms which are used to support our pupils with their sensory processing.
After this apprenticeship
Potential full-time role upon completion of apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LUMINATE EDUCATION GROUP
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000032786.
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Closes in 8 days (Friday 29 May 2026)
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