Early Years Apprentice Level 3

Mount Pleasant Primary, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY1 3BY

13 days remaining to apply

• Start date details

  September 2025

• Closing date

  27 June 2025 at 9am

• Date listed

  13 June 2025

Job details

• Job role:
  • Teaching assistant
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Working pattern: Full time
• Contract type: Fixed term
• Full-time equivalent salary: Apprenticeship Rate £7.55 per hour

Early Years Apprentice Level 3 job summary

Early Years Teaching Assistant Apprentice Level 3

37 hours a week - Monday to Friday including a day at college

Term Time contract

Fixed term contract for two years starting in September 2025

Year One - Apprenticeship rate - £7.55 per hour

Year Two - National Minimum Wage

The Severn Bridges Multi-Academy Trust and Governors of Mount Pleasant Primary School wish to appoint an Early Years Teaching Assistant Apprentice Level 3.

The successful apprentice will be caring, nurturing, enthusiastic and ready to support the personal development and learning of our pupils.

The apprentice will have a mentor and work within a well-established and experienced team who are there to support. There will be regular meetings to ensure progress is made.

The apprentice will have a robust induction process, which includes safeguarding, confidentiality and health and safety. As well as in house training, the apprentice will have 20% off the job learning which will be timetabled into their working week.

Within this role, the apprentice will learn to provide pupil support by developing constructive relationships and ensuring inclusion. They will also be instructed on how to assist the teacher with daily classroom preparation, including organising resources and materials, and by communicating relevant information about pupil concerns, accomplishments, and behaviour. Finally, the apprentice will also gain knowledge of the school's curriculum and methods to enhance pupil engagement.

Mount Pleasant Primary has a good record for employing apprentices that become long serving members of staff, stay with the school, and continue their training further.

We are looking for candidates who will be part of our forward thinking and creative team and welcome new ideas and enthusiasm. It’s a lovely place to work.

We can offer you a positive and thriving school environment, a great team of staff, and some pretty fantastic children too!

Visits to our school are strongly encouraged. Please telephone or email the school if you would like to visit.. The phone number is 01743 249135 and email address is admin@mountpleasantsbmat.com.

The Severn Bridges Multi-Academy Trust and Governors of Mount Pleasant Primary School are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and expect all staff and volunteers to share the same commitment. These posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check and will follow a safer recruitment policy. Should you be shortlisted, further information relating to criminal records, sanctions and disqualifications will be requested to be considered and discussed at interview.

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 Mount Pleasant Primary

• School type: Academy, ages 2 to 11
• Education phase: Primary
• School size: 356 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 2 to 11
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Mount Pleasant Primary website
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/mount-pleasant-primary-shrewsbury

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