Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship

Battledown Centre for Children and Families

Cheltenham (GL52 6PZ)

Closes in 20 days (Friday 9 May 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 16 April 2025

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Summary

We are looking for a Teaching Assistant apprentice to join our busy team from September 2025, learning all aspects of working in a special school environment whilst studying towards your Teaching Assistant qualification.

Wage

£12,480 a year

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£8.00 per hour - £10,704 per annum actual salary. (Salary £12,480 if working 52 weeks per year)

Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 9am – 3.30pm. Half an hour for lunch. Term Time only (39 weeks).

30 hours a week

Start date

Monday 8 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

Teaching Assistants work in Primary, Special and Secondary education across all age ranges, encompassing special educational needs and emotional vulnerabilities.

The primary role of SAND Academies Trust Learning Partners (Teaching Assistants) is to support the class teacher to enhance pupils’ learning either in groups or individually, ensuring pupils understand the workset, know their learning objectives and stay on task in order to make progress. Promoting self-help, self-belief, inclusion and high self-esteem play an integral part in pupils’ well-being; ensuring pupils thrive in a positive, nurturing, safe environment. It plays an active role in supporting the learner to access the curriculum. Learning Partners are good role models, act with honesty and integrity, take part in team meetings, contribute to planning and class activities. Promoting Fundamental British Values through spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and positive behaviours are crucial in contributing to improved pupil progress and development.

Your duties will include: 

  • Supporting all areas of the curriculum, including maths, English and IT.
  • Preparing classrooms and resources for lessons.
  • Supervising and supporting a wide range of pupils, including those with SEND.
  • Using a variety of communication methods, which may include symbols and signing alongside the spoken word.
  • Complying with all policies and procedures relating to child protection, including equality, diversity, health and safety and security.
  • Using a variety of IT programs to support teaching and learning.
  • Participating in training and be open to new ideas.
  • Working as part of a team to deliver high quality teaching and learning.

Where you’ll work

Battledown Centre for Children and Families
Harp Hill Battledown
Cheltenham
GL52 6PZ

Training

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

College or training organisation

GLOUCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE

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

Teaching Assistant Standard Level 3. Training is delivered in the workplace. 

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

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
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Team working
  • Patience

Other requirements

SAND Academies Trust is committed to Safeguarding and all staff will require safeguarding / pre-employment checks which include an enhanced DBS, satisfactory health clearance and evidence of Right to Work in the UK.

About this company

About Us. Are you looking for a fulfilling, worthwhile and secure job? Would you like to have a job that makes a real difference? Come and join the team at SAND Academies Trust in Gloucestershire, a Multi-Academy Trust offering exceptional education in our seven schools. The Trust. We are passionate that every child deserves the very best education. As a partnership we will: improve outcomes, opportunities and life chances for children and young people, offer more / wider support for their families and share and develop staff expertise.

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Company benefits

By joining our team, we can offer you, generous annual leave allowance, generous pension scheme (LGPS), Employee Assistance Program & Counselling, Occupational Health Service, Continuing Professional Development and Staff Get Staff Referral Scheme.

After this apprenticeship

Potential position upon completion of the apprenticeship.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

GLOUCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE

GC Employer Training and Apprenticeships

Apprenticeshipvacancies@gloscol.ac.uk

0345 155 2020

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000316079.

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Closes in 20 days (Friday 9 May 2025 at 11:59pm)

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