An exciting opportunity to join a warm and friendly primary school and train as a Teaching Assistant

You will be supporting the class teacher to deliver high quality lessons and provide interventions to small groups of children.

Wage

• £15,392 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
• National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices

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Training course

Teaching assistant (level 3)

Hours

• Monday to Friday - Term time only (39 weeks a year).
• 37 hours a week

Start date

Monday 21 September 2026

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

1

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you'll do at work

Working as part of this important team, you will be required to carry out the following duties (the nature of the Academy year requires some tasks to be done regularly whilst others annually):

• Deliver planned activities for individuals and groups to allocated pupils, in small groups or individually, differentiating and adapting learning programmes to suit individual needs (under the professional direction and supervision of a qualified teacher)
• Plan and evaluate specialist learning activities, prepare reports and records for the teacher
• Promote outstanding pupil behaviour for learning and support social and emotional well-being, reporting any problems to the teacher and/or child
• Protection Lead (as appropriate and in line with school policies
• Promote and support the role of parent/carers in pupils’ learning and enabling constructive information sharing about progress and achievement

Where you'll work

Castleward Spencer Academy
Canal Street
Derby
DE1 2RJ

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

Training provider

THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST

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.