12 days remaining to apply

  • Start date details

    January 5th 2026

  • Closing date

    8 December 2025 at 11:59pm

  • Date listed

    24 November 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

£7.55 an hour

Additional allowances

£7.55 an hour

TA Apprentice job summary

Level 3 or Level 5 (to be confirmed at on boarding)

Pay: Apprentice Rate of Pay, £7.55 an hour

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday 8.45am - 3.45pm. 32.5 hours a week. 38 weeks a year (term time only)

Fixed until the end of the apprenticeship.

About this Role

We are looking for an enthusiastic and committed Apprentice Teaching Assistant to join our supportive team. This is a fantastic opportunity to earn while you learn, gaining either a Level 3 Teaching Assistant or Level 5 Specialist Teaching Assistant qualification (determined at on boarding based on your experience and prior learning).

About the Role

As an Apprentice Teaching Assistant, you will work closely with class teachers and other staff to support the teaching and learning of pupils across the school. You'll gain hands-on experience in:

  • Assisting in planning, delivering, and evaluating learning activities
  • Assist in supporting whole-class teaching
  • Working with small groups and individual pupils
  • Supporting pupils' personal and social development
  • Helping to create a positive and inclusive learning environment
  • You may also be required to support wrap-around care as part of your role.

What We’re Looking For

  • A positive attitude and willingness to learn
  • A genuine interest in supporting children’s learning and development
  • Good communication and teamwork skills
  • Reliability, flexibility, and a proactive approach
  • Previous experience is helpful but not essential, training will be provided

What We Offer

  • A welcoming and supportive school community
  • Ongoing professional development and training
  • A structured apprenticeship programme
  • Opportunities to work with experienced staff and gain valuable classroom experience
  • The chance to make a real impact in children’s lives

If you want to start your career in education with us, and help inspire young minds every day, apply here.

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

Learn-AT will ensure that all recruitment is subject to safer recruitment procedures to allow for a robust, transparent and equal process of making sure all people employed in the trust are suitable to work with children.

The Trust creates a culture of safe recruitment and adopts recruitment procedures that help deter, reject or identify people who might abuse children. It will make decisions about the suitability of prospective employees/volunteers based on checks and evidence obtained throughout the recruitment and selection process.

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.

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About Market Harborough Church of England Academy

School type
Academy, Church of England, ages 5 to 11
Education phase
Primary
School size
396 pupils enrolled
Age range
5 to 11
Ofsted report
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We are a large, thriving primary school, set in extensive grounds just a stone’s throw from the heart of this historic market town.

School location

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