Apprentice Teaching Assistant

Our Lady and St Anne's Catholic Primary School, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE4 6EB

37 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2025

• Closing date

  21 July 2025 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  9 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Early years, Key stage 1, Key stage 2
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: £14,565 - £23,555 per annum pro rata

Apprentice Teaching Assistant job summary

Our Lady & St Anne's Catholic Primary School - Apprentice Teaching Assistant

Apprenticeship | Salary: Apprentice Minimum Wage

Location: Newcastle upon Tyne

Closing Date: Friday 13 June 2025

Your day to day duties as an apprentice Teaching Assistant will include:

General:

Supporting the teacher in the general management of the classroom

Undertaking activities, as directed by the teacher, with individuals or small groups of pupils

Providing clerical and administrative support, e.g. administering coursework and preparing work sheets

Supervising groups of pupils alone and participating in general activities including giving sensitive support and intervention in children’s play

Undertaking routine invigilation and marking

Classroom Organisation:

Responsible for the organisation, classroom maintenance, setting out, clearing away and care of resources to create a purposeful and attractive learning environment

Assisting in the preparation, maintenance and repair of books, apparatus and equipment, to include cataloguing and stocktaking of all resources

Preparing pupils’ work for display in the classroom and around the school

Demonstrating creativity in assisting with the practical resourcing of the classroom

Pupil Support:

Working with pupils directly on curriculum related tasks under the direction of the teacher

Contributing to the delivery of all aspects of the curriculum for pupils, including assessment, recording and reporting procedures and the maintenance of Individual Education Plans (IEP’s), including the preparation of reports and reviews under the guidance of a designated teacher

Giving relevant feedback to the teacher regarding the social, emotional and physical needs of pupils thus offering the teacher support in their assessment

Contributing to monitoring and evaluating the learning environment provided for the pupils in his/her care and using this evaluation to help make necessary changes and developments within the classroom

Working with teachers and other staff in planning the teaching programme and associated activities

Taking an active role in liaising with external agencies and preparing reports for and contributing to reviews

Following the school policy documents and schemes of work to keep updated with school and National Curriculum documentation

Welfare and other duties:

Under teacher overall control, accepting shared responsibility for the creation of a safe environment for pupils within and outside the classroom

Assisting in the supervision of pupils particularly at break periods and the beginning and end of sessions

Providing general care and welfare by responding appropriately to the social, emotional and physical needs of pupils. This might include attending to sick or injured pupils, taking sick pupils home and investigating reasons for absence

Administer medication to pupils in accordance with the school’s policy and procedures (only where the postholder, in accordance with the LEA guidance, has agreed to be the named volunteer for this task)

Supervising other Support Assistants as required

General:

Promote and implement the Trust's equalities policies in all aspects of employment and service delivery

Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young people s/he is responsible for or comes into contact with

Assist in maintaining a healthy, safe, and secure environment and to act in accordance with the Trust’s policies and procedures

Promote understanding of the Trust’s mission, vision and values and lead by example through outstanding professional conduct

Training

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

College or training organisation

DERWENTSIDE COLLEGE

Your training course

Teaching assistant (level 3)

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What you'll learn

Course contents

Your training plan

Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard

Apprenticeship qualification is completed fully within the workplace meaning no requirement to attend college

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 are not accepted.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

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About Our Lady and St Anne's Catholic Primary School

• School type: Academy, Roman Catholic, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 233 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Our Lady and St Anne's Catholic Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/our-lady-and-st-anne-s-catholic-primary-school

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