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Apprentice Teaching Assistant Level 3

£15.44k per annum

Summary

This role will be based within our Sport, Food and Creative Technology departments. The work involves supporting children individually, in groups or as a whole class in school. You will engage with students across a range of abilities and undertake duties that support the teacher, such as preparing lesson resources and spaces.

Wage

£15,435 a year

The full time equivalent for working a 37-hour week, all year round would be £15,435.

The successful candidate would work 30 hours per week, term time, plus INSET days.

This gives an actual annual salary of £10,716.

Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)

Hours
Monday to Friday with a day release to college. Exact hours to be agreed between the apprentice and their manager.

30 hours a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 September 2026

Duration

1 year 6 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

Specialist Curriculum Support Apprentice (Sport, Food and Creative Technology Dept)

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

Relationships:

  • Promote the organisation’s ethos, including diversity, inclusion, equality, and challenging stereotypes, bullying, or harassment
  • Build effective working relationships with your line manager and team to ensure smooth practical/technical support
  • Implement safeguarding and safe practice (including online safety) while maintaining confidentiality
  • Work collaboratively with teachers, SENDCo, external advisors, and parents/carers to support learners
  • Maintain positive relationships with external providers, contractors, and suppliers
  • Establish professional relationships with students and offer practical/technical assistance
  • Communicate professionally with all stakeholders across various communication methods
  • Liaise with site staff regarding equipment setup/movement as required
  • Collaborate with Technicians across the academy/federation to share best practice and improve provision

People Management:

  • Provide technical and practical advice to staff and students; demonstrate equipment use when required
  • Support classroom activities by demonstrating safe use of resources, machinery, and equipment
  • Understand learner needs and apply strategies to help them achieve learning goals
  • Promote engagement and foster independent learning behaviours
  • Build positive learner relationships and uphold the school’s behaviour policy
  • Support learners’ social, emotional, and mental wellbeing, in line with policies
  • Deliver individual or small‑group teaching within agreed parameters alongside teaching staff
  • Support assessment and planning through monitoring, recording, and reporting learner outcomes

Resource Management:

  • Prepare curriculum resources (e.g., food prep, apparatus setup, risk assessment review) for lessons, networks, CPD days, and events
  • Set up and clear away resources for practical activities
  • Develop skills in the safe storage and handling of materials, equipment, and specialised resources

Where you'll work

Kings Oak Academy
Brook Rd, Kingswood, Bristol
BS15 4JT

Training

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

Training provider

SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND STROUD COLLEGE

Training course

Teaching assistant (level 3)

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.

Training schedule

The apprentice will attend the FIlton Campus of SGS College for their learning which will be on a weekly basis, term time only

More training information

  • SGS College will support apprentices to develop the full range of knowledge, skills and behaviours required for the Standard
  • Apprentices will receive comprehensive guidance to build their portfolio, and the College will also facilitate completion of a Paediatric First Aid qualification

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4 and above)
  • Maths (grade 4 and above)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

Other requirements

You will need to pass an enhanced background check (DBS).

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