Apprentice Teaching Assistant

Woodlands Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S14 1SL

13 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  2 March 2026

• Closing date

  15 March 2026 at 11:59pm

• Date listed

  2 March 2026

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: Actual pro rata salary £12,528

Apprentice Teaching Assistant job summary

Salary FTE £14,566

Actual pro rata salary £12,528

Contract term 37 hours per week, 39 weeks per year, 18 months

Start date As soon as possible

Closing date Midnight Sunday 15 March 2026

Mercia Learning Trust

Mercia Learning Trust is a successful partnership of four primary and three secondary schools located in the south-west of Sheffield. Established in 2012, with one secondary school, our trust has grown to serving over 5000 pupils, with 650 staff.

Why do we exist?

• To empower everyone in our communities, especially the most disadvantaged, to succeed.

How do we behave?

• We are kind - showing care and supporting each other.
  
• We have integrity - doing the right thing and always putting children first.
  
• We work with diligence - overcoming obstacles and having no excuses.
  

What do we do?

• We run schools that focus on academic excellence, cultural capital and the development of character.
  

How will we succeed?

• A culture of excellence – high standards shaped by clarity, not control.
  
• Academic focus – empowering all children through an exceptional curriculum.
  
• Purposeful collaboration – relationships built on trust, reducing sub-optimisation and driving collective success.
  

Our staff are a crucial part of our trust, just like our pupils. We are devoted to recruiting, training, retaining and taking good care of our highly skilled and dedicated team.

Woodlands Primary School

Woodlands Primary School is a 2-form entry primary and nursery for children aged 2-11 in a vibrant South Sheffield community. This popular and over-subscribed school has around 500 pupils. In February 2022, Ofsted graded our school as strongly Good.

The role

Woodlands Primary School has an exciting opportunity for an ambitious, talented and caring candidate to join our team as an apprentice teaching assistant. This role will be based in Reception.

This role is to work as part of a team of teaching assistants and alongside class teachers to assist with the teaching and support of children in order to provide high quality provision. Some of the children with whom you would be working could have specific needs. These may include autism, ADHD, learning and speech difficulties and/or social, emotional and behavioural needs. You will be required to understand and support children facing these barriers, alongside working more broadly with a wide range of children.

Working week

Monday to Friday 8am to 4pm with a 30 minute unpaid break each day. Term time only. Total hours per week: 37

The training you will be getting

You will be working towards your Level 3 Teaching Assistant Qualification. (All learning is delivered online/remote).

The candidate

You will be

• Flexible
  
• Honest and reliable
  
• Calm under pressure
  
• Patient
  
• Empathetic with young people
  
• Team player
• High personal and professional standards

Training provider

Train Together

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 Woodlands Primary School

• School type: Academy, ages 3 to 11
• Education phase: Primary school
• School size: 473 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 3 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Woodlands Primary School website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/woodlands-primary-school-sheffield

Woodlands Primary School is a vibrant community where children aged 2-11 grow into confident learners. Serving around 500 children in south Sheffield, we believe in nurturing both academic success and personal achievements.

Our school is characterised by care, enthusiasm, and expertise, with a knowledge-rich curriculum designed to meet the needs of our children. We focus on developing articulate communicators, passionate readers, and inclusive individuals who display impeccable behaviour.

Our expert teachers carefully plan every subject, ensuring each child’s needs are at the heart of what we do. We offer wonderful children, a dedicated staff team, and leadership committed to improving outcomes for all.

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