Apprentice Teaching Assistant

The Pilgrim School, Boston, PE20 3RQ

58 days remaining to apply

• Closing date

  13 September 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  17 July 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: £8.00 Hourly

Apprentice Teaching Assistant job summary

Start Date: September 2026 or asap

Salary: National Apprenticeship wage

The Pilgrim School has an exciting opportunity for someone who is interested in supporting secondary age young people in the classroom in an alternative setting. The apprentice would be training towards the Level 3 qualification and would suit someone who has recently left Further Education and wants a different route rather than university. The Pilgrim School has an established and highly effective team of permanent members of staff. The successful candidate will be supported and provided with a range of CPD opportunities.

The Pilgrim School provides lessons in both pupils’ homes and three main bases (Lincoln, Boston & Horncastle) throughout Lincolnshire. Pupils who receive education support are diagnosed as medically unfit to return to school or have social/communication or mental health difficulties which make school attendance difficult.

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 The Pilgrim School

• Organisation type: Special school, ages 4 to 16
• Size: 7 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 4 to 16
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• Website: The Pilgrim School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/the-pilgrim-school

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