Apprentice Learning Support Assistant
De Aston School
Lincolnshire (LN8 3RF)
Closes in 11 days (Wednesday 7 May 2025)
Posted on 22 April 2025
Contents
Summary
Join us as an Apprentice Learning Support Assistant and make a real difference. Gain hands-on experience while completing your Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification. Work closely with students in a supportive, vibrant environment. Be part of a team that values your growth and well-being. Apply now and help us inspire, challenge, and achieve.
- 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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32.5 hours per week, 39 weeks per year, plus 5.6 weeks paid holiday.
8:30am to 3:30pm Monday to Friday.
32 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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2
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
- Student Support: Work with individual students or groups, particularly those with special needs, to promote their development and learning
- Monitoring and Reporting: Observe and report on students' needs and progress to the designated person
- Record Keeping: Maintain records as required by the school.
- Movement Assistance: Help students move around the school safely
Where you’ll work
De Aston School
Willingham Road
Market Rasen
Lincolnshire
LN8 3RF
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
HEART OF ENGLAND 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
The training will primarily take place at work, with one contact session every three weeks. Additionally, there will be four day courses throughout the apprenticeship.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Mathematics (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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Candidates will need to be flexible and motivated, willing to participate in all areas of school life, be committed to working as part of an enthusiastic team, have high expectations for themselves, and be willing to undertake additional training.
About this company
We are a rural school, very much at the centre of the local community. We are a growth mindset school and believe that our motto (Believe. Strive. Achieve.) captures our philosophy and energy. If you join us, you will be joining a school that believes in investing in you, so you are able to develop your knowledge and skills. We offer: • A warm, welcoming atmosphere. • A genuinely committed, supportive and successful team. • Excellent CPD opportunities. • An outstanding reputation centred around the promotion of evidence-informed pedagogy. • Good work/life balance.
http://www.deastonschool.co.uk (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
Free on-site parking
After this apprenticeship
As an Apprentice Learning Support Assistant, you can expect several career progression opportunities:
- Teaching Assistant: After completing your Level 3 qualification, you can become a fully qualified Teaching Assistant, taking on more responsibilities and potentially increasing your salary
- Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA): With further training and experience, you can progress to a HLTA role, which involves more specialized support and higher pay
- Specialist Support Roles: You can specialize in areas such as Special Educational Needs (SEN), literacy, or numeracy, becoming a Specialist Learning Support Assistant
- Further Education: You may choose to pursue higher education courses or higher apprenticeships, such as the Level 5 Specialist Teaching Assistant apprenticeship, which offers advanced training in specific areas like SEND or emotional well-being
- Teaching: With additional qualifications and experience, you could eventually train to become a qualified teacher
This role provides a solid foundation for a rewarding career in education, with numerous pathways for growth and development.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
De Aston School
Alice McNeill
vacancies@de-aston.lincs.sch.uk
01673840828
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000316547.
Apply now
Closes in 11 days (Wednesday 7 May 2025)
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Company’s application instructions
To apply, please complete our application form, available via our website, and send it to Mrs. Alice McNeill at vacancies@de-aston.lincs.sch.uk. Please ensure you include your completed self-declaration form and equal opportunities monitoring form. We do not accept CVs.