Apprentice SEND TA

Lincoln Carlton Academy, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN2 4AG

22 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  25 June 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  3 June 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: Government Apprenticeship Pay
• Additional allowances:

  Government Apprenticeship Pay

Apprentice SEND TA job summary

Our school is proud to be part of Anthem, a multi-academy trust that creates ambitious and successful schools where every child thrives.

Lincoln Carlton Academy is a highly regarded and consistently oversubscribed primary school, balancing high expectations with a joyful and nurturing approach to education. Lincoln Carlton Academy offers a rich curriculum shaped by curiosity, creativity and character development, supported by strong relationships with families and the wider community, a well-established behaviour culture and a commitment to ensuring every child can flourish and succeed.

Under the guidance of teachers, the successful candidate will be involved in working with individuals or small groups of children to support the education, personal and social development of pupils and establishing positive relationships to assist pupils complete structured learning activities and supporting children by coming alongside them and supporting positive play experiences.

Duties may include:

Support to assist the development of varying skills that support pupils' learning.

Support in producing learning resources Support to assist in pupil supervision

Support in monitoring and recording of pupil progress and developmental needs.

Reporting pupil progress to the teacher

Work within the schools policy and procedures

Working to the relevant apprenticeship framework and completing work in a timely manner.

To undertake any of the duties normally associated with a Teaching Assistant to support with their training and development.

What your working week could look like:

Meeting and greeting children and supporting with transition from parent/carer to keyworkers

Preparation of snacks

Supporting toilet training

Support children on a one to one basis or in small groups.

Get creative in helping a child/children to understand what they are learning through play based activities

Assist with planning and preparation of resources in the nursery classroom

Assist with lunchtime

Help with assessments and inputting of data

Take charge of resources storage

Skills and Experience of working with or caring for children of a relevant age in a voluntary or work experience capacity is desirable. The successful candidate would also have the following skills:

Good team player,

Good communicator with parents, teachers and pupils,

Good time management skills ,

Good organisational skills,

Good sense of humour,

Knowledge and understanding of confidentiality and safeguarding of young children,

Ability to use IT.

Applicants wishing to apply for this position should ideally have GCSE Maths and English at grade C/Grade 4 or equivalent although this is not an essential requirement for the role.

Benefits

As part of Anthem Schools Trust, staff benefit from a supportive working environment and access to a range of employee benefits, including health and wellbeing support, professional development opportunities and financial benefits.

Safeguarding

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff, visitors and volunteers to share this commitment. All post holders are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, suitable references and other essential checks. Staff involved in recruitment and selection are trained in safer recruitment, and all staff and volunteers undertake child protection training.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

Commitment to safeguarding

The successful candidate will have to meet the requirements of the person specification and will be subject to the relevant pre-employment checks which will, where applicable, include a health check, an enhanced DBS check, the Children’s Barred List check and satisfactory references.
It is an offence for an individual who has been disqualified from working with children to knowingly apply for, offer to do, accept, or do any work in a ‘regulated activity’. The position advertised is a ‘regulated activity’.
Anthem will undertake a basic online check for all shortlisted candidates.

Applying for the job

This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

About Lincoln Carlton Academy

• School type: Academies, None, ages 4 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 417 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Lincoln Carlton Academy website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/lincoln-carlton-academy

Lincoln Carlton Academy is a vibrant, nurturing and inclusive primary academy, located in uphill Lincoln.

Lincoln Carlton Academy is proud to be part of the Anthem Schools Trust. Anthem is an education charity that runs a group of state-funded primary and secondary schools to give children a better future.

Our schools work in collaboration as one entity to improve and maintain high educational standards, experiences and outcomes across the Trust. Our single legal and moral purpose is to advance education for public benefit.

Anthem serves over 8,000 children and young people across the East Midlands, London and Thames Valley. Our vision is that by working together, we will create ambitious and successful schools in which every child thrives.

Anthem schools are diverse and serve many different communities. They are all united by a shared ambition for children and young people, which is underpinned by a commitment to integrity, collaboration and excellence.

These values are brought to life through our schools’ own identities and approaches, creating thriving local schools that meet their communities’ needs. We believe in the benefits of working with others. We actively encourage our schools to collaborate across the Trust and beyond, so that we all continually learn and improve.

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