Apprentice Teaching Assistant (Level 3)
Over Hall Community School, Winsford, Cheshire, CW7 1LXDeadline is tomorrow
Start date details
September 2026
Closing date
2 July 2026 at 9am
Date listed
10 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
- £24,413.00 - £28,142.00 Annually (FTE) Actual Salary £19,697 to £21,329
Apprentice Teaching Assistant (Level 3) job summary
Apprentice Teaching Assistant (Level 3)
Contract: Fixed Term
Start: September 2026 until February 2028
Hours: 32.50 hours per week, term time only
Salary: Grade 3
About the Role
We are seeking a motivated and committed Apprentice Teaching Assistant to join our school community. This is an exciting opportunity to gain hands-on experience while working towards a Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship, developing the skills needed to support children with high-quality, professional care.
You will be fully supported throughout your journey by both Over Hall Community and the apprentice provider Lift Schools, ensuring you receive high-quality training, guidance, and mentoring at every stage of your apprenticeship.
Training & Qualification
As part of your role, you will complete a Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship, a nationally recognised qualification designed to ensure you are fully equipped to support pupils effectively.
- Training Provider: Lift Schools
- Training Costs: Fully funded (no cost to you)
Your Learning & Development
Although this is a full-time role, dedicated time will be built into your working week to complete your apprenticeship coursework, training, and study.
You will receive:
6 hours per week off-the-job training, including:
- Personal study and portfolio development (with monthly 1:1 sessions with Lift Schools trainers)
- Practical development, including:
- Safeguarding, Prevent, GDPR, and school-based training
- Shadowing experienced colleagues
- Supporting children with additional needs
- Applying new knowledge, skills, and behaviours in the workplace
This structured approach ensures you can successfully balance your job role with your qualification.
Key Responsibilities
- Support teaching and learning within the classroom.
- Assist children individually and in small groups.
- Help create a positive, inclusive learning environment.
- Support children with a range of needs, including those requiring additional support.
- Work alongside experienced staff to develop your skills and confidence.
- Develop an understanding of students' learning needs, including specific SEND needs, in order to support their access to lesson content and achieve the learning objectives.
- Help students to develop independent learning skills and to manage their own learning.
- Work in partnership with teachers to plan and deliver high quality lessons, and assess students' learning.
What We’re Looking For
- A genuine interest in working with children and young people
- Strong communication and teamwork skills
- A willingness to learn and develop professionally
- Commitment to completing the apprenticeship qualification
- A caring, patient, and positive attitude.
Safeguarding:
At Over Hall Community School we are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our students, and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a robust, fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check, and you are required to complete them and advise us immediately should you subsequently be convicted of an offence.
Post-Apprenticeship Opportunities
Many of our apprentices progress into permanent roles upon completion of their qualification. While this is not guaranteed, decisions regarding continued employment will be made closer to the end of the programme based on school needs.
Why Join Us?
- Gain a fully funded, nationally recognised qualification
- Earn while you learn - no tuition costs
- Receive dedicated support from both your school and Lift Schools
- Have protected time during your working week to complete your training
- Build valuable skills and experience in education
- Develop a pathway into a long-term career in schools
Further information about the job
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.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Over Hall Community School
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 172 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Over Hall Community School website
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