Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship with PE, Health & Wellbeing Focus
The Deanes, Benfleet, Essex, SS7 2TD15 days remaining to apply
Start date details
November 2025
Closing date
15 October 2025 at 12:59am
Date listed
30 September 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Fixed term
Full-time equivalent salary
- £7.55 Hourly National Apprentice rate/ Minimum Wage as applicable
Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship with PE, Health & Wellbeing Focus job summary
Salary: Apprentice Pay Rate/ National Minimum wage as applicable.
Hours of Work: Term time only (39 weeks per year)/ 37 hours per week
Working Pattern: Core hours between 8.00 am - 4.15 pm
Start Date: November 2025
Our Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship with PE, focuses on promoting health and wellbeing across the primary schools. The role supports the class teacher and local school sport infrastructure to be able to deliver Physical Education. As an apprentice learner, you will develop knowledge and understanding in other areas within a school setting such as community sport.
This role involves extending opportunities for all pupils to participate in extracurricular activities including:-
- Deliver active lunchtimes and support after-school and community sport.
- Taking on more responsibility within the school setting
- Greater supporting role in PE, Physical Activity Sessions
- Liaising with School Games Organisers to help organise Festivals and Competitions
- Greater emphasis of supporting in a classroom-based setting to develop your knowledge, skills and behaviours
- Engaging within community sport to further develop your skills.
The successful candidate will have:
- Strong Interpersonal Skills- Ability to build positive relationships with students, staff, and parents.
- Effective Communication - Clear and confident verbal and written communication skills.
- Teamwork - Ability to work effectively as part of a team to support teaching and learning.
If you have a desire to improve and inspire the lives of others to be physically active, then this is the role for you. For the right person, there is a potential pathway within school sport.
Your assessment will include a portfolio of evidence, practical observations and professional discussion. As a requirement of entry, you must have GCSE English and Maths at Grade 4 (Grade C), or above or undertake the Level 2 Functional Skills qualification as part of this apprenticeship.
Please note, as this role involves travelling between primary schools on a regular basis, a driving licence and access to transport is required.
For an informal discussion on the role, please contact Mr S Bish via cprssp@thedeanes.essex.sch.
The Deanes is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects its entire staff to share this commitment. All postholders working in our schools will be considered to work in Regulated Activity and will be required to have an Enhanced Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). In line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance all shortlisted candidates may be subject to online searches that may include social media. For further information please contact HR@seeat.org
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 The Deanes
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 16
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 587 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 16
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- The Deanes website
The Deanes is part of the Challenger Multi-Academy Trust, which is in an exciting period of growth with schools in Bedfordshire and Essex. The Deanes is a small secondary school where each and every one of our students can feel happy, respected and known as an individual within our safe and accepting community. We aim to create a positive and respectful environment for all members of The Deanes, with consistently high expectations and standards. Our curriculum caters for individual strengths and needs, enabling every student to make outstanding progress and provide them with extensive opportunities for personal development.
The well-being of our staff is a high priority. All staff at The Deanes have access to high quality training to further develop their teaching practice. Staff can take advantage of free gym membership and we are fortunate to have an onsite children’s nursery which may be able to accommodate your childcare needs.
The Deanes is well situated in South East Essex, with good links to public transport. We are situated within ten minutes of Benfleet and Rayleigh Rail Stations, where a 45 minute train journey will take you into London. There is also ample car parking onsite.
The Deanes is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful candidates will be subject to DBS clearance.
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