Teaching Assistant Apprentice

Summary

We are seeking an innovative and hardworking individual to work within Early Years. This will include support in mainstream classrooms, working with small groups of children and providing care over the lunchtime period.

Wage

£14,526.20 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Apprentice Minimum wage as 1st April 2025 £7.55 per hour for first 12 months. National Minimum Wage for age for the remainder of the apprenticeship if the learner is 19+.

Training course

Teaching assistant (level 3)

Hours

Monday to Thursday 8.30am-4.30pm. Friday 8.30-4.00pm. This includes 30 minutes of unpaid lunch

37 hours a week

Start date

Monday 1 September 2025

Duration

1 year 9 months

Positions available

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

Supporting pupils in the classroom to support and move their learning on.
Provide structured support in accordance with specific work programmes.
To contribute to raising standards by ensuring high expectations are promoted for pupils.
Supporting the pupils by providing pastoral support within the school environment.
Assist children in matters of personal needs and their general health including first aid and welfare matters.
Provide general support to pupils ensuring their safety.
Accompanying teaching staff and pupil on visits and trips out of school.
Support the teacher in the development and implementation of individual education/behaviour plans.
Assist the teacher with the planning of learning activities.
Provide detailed and regular feedback to teachers and pupils achievement, progress, and problems.
Supporting the curriculum.
Supporting the school by promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children you are responsible for.
Ensuring all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop.

Where you’ll work

North Street
Cannock
WS11 0AZ

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

P.T.P. TRAINING LIMITED

Your training course

Teaching assistant (level 3)

Equal to A level

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.

Your training plan

Level 3 Teaching Assistant

Functional Skills, if required.

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE in:

English (grade 4 and above)
ICT (grade 4 and above)
Mathematics (grade 4 and above)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

Communication skills
IT skills
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Presentation skills
Administrative skills
Team working
Creative
Non judgemental
Patience

Other requirements

A clear DBS check will be essential within this role. Candidates will be required to attend day release at either Cannock or Tamworth Campus. Applicants must be aware that they will be required to attend an Information Advice and Guidance session at one of our Campuses (Tamworth, Lichfield, Cannock Chase Skills and Innovation Centre, or Rodbaston) in order to progress further in this vacancy. During the session, candidates must complete baseline assessments and will have the opportunity to ask questions regarding the qualification. For the interview, please bring a reading book suitable for KS2 pupils as you will be expected to read to a group of KS2 children. This will be followed by an informal chat.

About this company

At Bridgtown we acknowledge the uniqueness of all children, their ability to be creative and challenged, to celebrate their diversity, interests, cultures, and talents. We have high expectations and challenge them to be confident, happy and reach their full potential. We aim to provide a secure, happy and welcoming learning environment that is inclusive of all pupils. We encourage children and their parents to take part, to be active, to take responsibility and contribute to the school community and work in partnership with us to help the children to achieve their goals. We believe in doing our best and having the courage to take risks and celebrate our success which will enable us to become successful and confident learners. We seek to meet our aims with a "Bridgtown Smile". This reflects our positive attitude to life, learning and relationships and is an important part of the ethos of the school. We see our school reflecting a society where the individuals, whatever their age or status act responsibly towards each other, praise each other, care for each other and act with a high degree of individual responsibility. We see our school as an inclusive community in which all members are valued.

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Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

It is hoped that the successful candidate will join the team on a longer-term basis once the apprenticeship has been completed.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

P.T.P. TRAINING LIMITED

PTP Training

ptprecruits@ptp-training.co.uk

01922 651100

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000310317.

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