Apprentice Teaching Assistant

Knockhall Primary School, Greenhithe, Kent, DA9 9RF

11 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  1st September 2025

• Closing date

  3 August 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  21 July 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Part time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £7.55 Hourly 32.5 hours per week, 38 weeks per year

Apprentice Teaching Assistant job summary

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic Apprentice Teaching Assistant to join our vibrant and inclusive primary school. This is a fantastic opportunity to gain hands-on experience while working towards your qualification. As an Apprentice Teaching Assistant, you will work closely with teachers and experienced support staff to help create a stimulating, supportive, and safe learning environment for all children, including those with special educational needs.

In this role, you will assist teachers in delivering educational activities both in and outside the classroom, providing 1:1 and group support to pupils. You will also be responsible for helping with the planning and preparation of resources, ensuring that classrooms are well-organised and conducive to learning. By supervising children during break times, playtimes, and lunch breaks, you will help to foster positive behaviour and interaction among pupils.

Additionally, you will support teachers with administrative tasks, such as maintaining accurate records, preparing lesson materials, and helping to adapt learning activities to meet the diverse needs of individual pupils. Your contribution will extend beyond the classroom, as you’ll play an essential role in promoting a positive learning atmosphere throughout the school.

The successful candidate will:

• Have a genuine passion for working with children and supporting their learning.

• Be patient, compassionate, and able to build positive relationships with pupils.

• Demonstrate excellent communication and teamwork skills.

• Be proactive, adaptable, and eager to learn.

• Be committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children.

• Be punctual, reliable, and professional at all times.

• Be aware of and committed to learning on the job and the requirements to write written assignments to evidence learning.

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

Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.

Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.

Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children

You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

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 Knockhall Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 436 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Knockhall Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/knockhall-primary-school

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