Learning Mentor Apprenticeship at Chowbent Primary School
INSPIRE ATA LIMITED
Manchester (M46 9FP)
Closes in 11 days (Friday 26 June 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 15 June 2026
Contents
Summary
Chowbent Primary School is a one-form entry primary school committed to providing a safe, nurturing and inclusive environment where every child is encouraged to achieve their full potential academically, socially and emotionally.
- Wage
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£12,480 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Specialist teaching assistant (level 5)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 3:30pm
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- 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
Main Duties:
- Support pupils on a one-to-one basis and in small groups to address social, emotional and behavioural needs
- Assist in the implementation of the school’s pastoral care and guidance systems
- Support the development and delivery of mentoring, behaviour and support plans
- Help identify pupils who require additional support and intervention
- Monitor and record pupil progress against agreed targets and action plans
- Provide feedback and reports to staff as required
- Liaise effectively with teachers, parents/carers and external agencies where appropriate
- Support the implementation of safeguarding procedures and child protection processes
- Assist in coordinating intervention programmes for vulnerable pupils
- Support pupils who are not following a full timetable or require additional supervision
- Maintain accurate records and documentation relating to pastoral support and safeguarding
- Promote positive behaviour, attendance and engagement with learning
- Contribute to a safe, caring and inclusive learning environment
- Attend staff meetings, training sessions and professional development activities as required
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
Specialist teaching assistant (level 5)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Act in line with policies, processes, and procedures related to statutory frameworks and non-statutory guidance, including safeguarding, implementing the setting’s behaviour policy.
- Establish a safe, stimulating and nurturing environment for learners.
- Establish nurturing, effective working relationships with learners, parents or carers and stakeholders.
- Demonstrate understanding of equality and diversity and sustainable development.
- Undertake dynamic risk assessment of the learning environment.
- Respond to and mitigate potential hazards that may adversely affect a learning environment.
- Contribute to the planning of learning and assessment activities.
- Apply teaching strategies to advance learning, for example scaffolding.
- Select and use safely, appropriate equipment and resources to advance learning.
- Apply an appropriate range of assessment methods, including formative, summative and individual needs-based assessments.
- Analyse assessment outcomes to inform reporting and future planning.
- Provide ongoing feedback to learners and support them to respond to feedback.
- Record and report information related to learners’ progress to a range of stakeholders.
- Collaborate with colleagues and other professionals.
- Advocate for and champion the needs of learners.
- Use a range of research to critically evaluate teaching and assessment approaches and practices.
- Critically evaluate a variety of teaching and assessment methods depending on the learning environments and learners’ needs.
- Improve own practice by undertaking continuous self-reflection including seeking and responding to feedback from varied sources.
- Update and maintain their own knowledge and skills as part of managing their own continuing professional development.
- Communicate information and analysis in a variety of forms to reflect the needs of the audience, for example by providing appropriate advice and guidance to parents or carers.
- Support the development of effective practices in others, for example through mentoring and coaching colleagues.
- Identify, action, and challenge issues and undertake difficult conversations where appropriate.
- Recognise signs of vulnerability in self or colleagues and the appropriate actions required to minimise risks to professional well-being.
- Implement strategies to support the social and emotional well-being of learners.
- Select and use technologies safely and effectively to promote learning.
- Prioritise and manage own workload, for example recognising the importance of capacity.
- Implement national and local SEND policy, practices, processes, and procedures.
- Apply approaches to the assessment and early identification of SEND.
- Apply strategies to adapt provision and practices to support learners with SEND.
- Implement national and local policies, practices, processes, and procedures related to social and emotional well-being.
- Identify and signpost learners in need of social and emotional well-being intervention.
- Apply strategies to support the social and emotional well-being of learners.
- Implement national and local policies, practices, processes, and procedures related to the specific curriculum provision.
- Adapt planning and assessment to support learning and progress in the specific area of curriculum provision.
- Support colleagues by advocating for the specific curriculum provision.
- Act in line with policies, processes, and procedures related to statutory frameworks and non-statutory guidance, including safeguarding, implementing the setting’s behaviour policy.
- Establish a safe, stimulating and nurturing environment for learners.
- Establish nurturing, effective working relationships with learners, parents or carers and stakeholders.
- Demonstrate understanding of equality and diversity and sustainable development.
- Undertake dynamic risk assessment of the learning environment.
- Respond to and mitigate potential hazards that may adversely affect a learning environment.
- Contribute to the planning of learning and assessment activities.
- Apply teaching strategies to advance learning, for example scaffolding.
- Select and use safely, appropriate equipment and resources to advance learning.
- Apply an appropriate range of assessment methods, including formative, summative and individual needs-based assessments.
- Analyse assessment outcomes to inform reporting and future planning.
- Provide ongoing feedback to learners and support them to respond to feedback.
- Record and report information related to learners’ progress to a range of stakeholders.
- Collaborate with colleagues and other professionals.
- Advocate for and champion the needs of learners.
- Use a range of research to critically evaluate teaching and assessment approaches and practices.
- Critically evaluate a variety of teaching and assessment methods depending on the learning environments and learners’ needs.
- Improve own practice by undertaking continuous self-reflection including seeking and responding to feedback from varied sources.
- Update and maintain their own knowledge and skills as part of managing their own continuing professional development.
- Communicate information and analysis in a variety of forms to reflect the needs of the audience, for example by providing appropriate advice and guidance to parents or carers.
- Support the development of effective practices in others, for example through mentoring and coaching colleagues.
- Identify, action, and challenge issues and undertake difficult conversations where appropriate.
- Recognise signs of vulnerability in self or colleagues and the appropriate actions required to minimise risks to professional well-being.
- Implement strategies to support the social and emotional well-being of learners.
- Select and use technologies safely and effectively to promote learning.
- Prioritise and manage own workload, for example recognising the importance of capacity.
Training schedule
- Completion of the Level 5 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Standard
- Regular mentoring and support from experienced school staff
- Ongoing progress reviews and development meetings
- Training in safeguarding, behaviour support, pastoral care and mentoring strategies
- Opportunities to develop professional skills within an educational setting
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade A*-C/9-4 or Level 2 equivalent)
- Maths (grade A*-C/9-4 or Level 2 equivalent)
Diploma 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
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Pre-employment Checks: Please be aware that the successful candidate will be subject to pre-employment checks, including an Enhanced DBS check with Children’s Barred List check, right-to-work verification and any other checks required in line with safeguarding legislation and 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
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Potential full-time employment for the right candidate upon successful completion of the apprenticeship. This role may also provide progression opportunities into pastoral, safeguarding, inclusion or wider educational support roles.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000037304.
Apply now
Closes in 11 days (Friday 26 June 2026 at 11:59pm)