Apprentice Teaching Assistant
| Posting date: | 29 May 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £260 per week |
| Additional salary information: | Monday to Friday 32.5 hours per week term time only |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 June 2026 |
| Location: | Peterlee, Tyne-Tees, SR8 2DU |
| Company: | Realise Training |
| Job type: | Apprenticeship |
| Job reference: | VAC-02229 |
Summary
As a Teaching Assistant Apprentice at the Acre Rigg Academy, you will play a key role within a supportive and inclusive team, helping to create a positive learning environment and supporting pupils to reach their full potential.
You will develop skills, knowledge and experience of working within Education and you will also develop:
• An understanding of current statutory guidance including ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ Part 1, Safeguarding policies, prevent strategy.
• Recognise different stages of child development through school e.g. transition between key stages and year groups.
• Support and encourage pupils to move towards independent learning.
Duties and Responsibilities;
• Foster and encourage positive, effective, nurturing and safe learning environments inspiring pupils to take pride in and learn from their individual achievements.
• Recognise, adapt and respond to all pupils encompassing SEN/emotional vulnerabilities, for example, use Makaton, visual timetables.
• Work closely with teachers to ensure own contribution aligns with the teaching.
• Ensure regular communication with teachers to provide clarity and consistency of role within lessons.
• Deliver/lead small group teaching within clearly defined/planned parameters using initiative, sensitivity and understanding.
• Build appropriate relationships with colleagues, pupils, parents, adults and stakeholders.
• Implement current statutory guidance including ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ Part 1, safeguarding policies, Prevent Strategy.
• Undertake safeguarding training,
• Support pupils’ well-being whilst embedding the importance of online safety.
• Contribute to a range of assessment processes and use information effectively for example: written records
• Use specific feedback to help pupils make progress.
• Apply good subject knowledge to support accurate assessment.
Employee benefits include: -
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Onsite parking
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee discounts
• Extensive CPD and upskilling opportunitiesTraining to be Provided
You will develop skills, knowledge and experience of working within Education and you will also develop:
• An understanding of current statutory guidance including ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ Part 1, Safeguarding policies, prevent strategy.
• Recognise different stages of child development through school e.g. transition between key stages and year groups.
• Support and encourage pupils to move towards independent learning.
Duties and Responsibilities;
• Foster and encourage positive, effective, nurturing and safe learning environments inspiring pupils to take pride in and learn from their individual achievements.
• Recognise, adapt and respond to all pupils encompassing SEN/emotional vulnerabilities, for example, use Makaton, visual timetables.
• Work closely with teachers to ensure own contribution aligns with the teaching.
• Ensure regular communication with teachers to provide clarity and consistency of role within lessons.
• Deliver/lead small group teaching within clearly defined/planned parameters using initiative, sensitivity and understanding.
• Build appropriate relationships with colleagues, pupils, parents, adults and stakeholders.
• Implement current statutory guidance including ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ Part 1, safeguarding policies, Prevent Strategy.
• Undertake safeguarding training,
• Support pupils’ well-being whilst embedding the importance of online safety.
• Contribute to a range of assessment processes and use information effectively for example: written records
• Use specific feedback to help pupils make progress.
• Apply good subject knowledge to support accurate assessment.
Employee benefits include: -
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Onsite parking
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Employee discounts
• Extensive CPD and upskilling opportunitiesTraining to be Provided
Your full role and responsibilities will be set out by your employer. They will provide you with all of the on-the-job training you need to up-skill in your role, and your 20% off-the-job learning will be incorporated as part of your working day.
You will be working towards the Teaching Assistant Level 3 apprenticeship standard, which includes:
•Knowledge, Skills and Behaviours
• Teaching Assistant L3 Apprenticeship Standard
•Functional skills in Maths and English if required
This will be delivered by your dedicated training provider, Realise.
12 Months
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