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Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship
Lift Charles Warren, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK6 3AZThis job expired on 22 July 2025
Start date details
September 2025
Closing date
22 July 2025 at 9:24am
Date listed
15 July 2025
Job details
Job role
- Teaching assistant
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- Up to £12.60 per hour
Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship job summary
Salary: Voluntary Living Wage £12.60 per hour. For those with a level 3 qualification: NJC £24,790 - £26,409 (FTE salary) + well-being cash plan + pension scheme (LGPS) + additional Lift Schools benefits
Hours: 32, 39 weeks
Contract: Part Time, permanent
Start date: September 2025
Are you passionate about education and looking for a fulfilling career?
We're looking for a dedicated teaching assistant to join our supportive team at Charles Warren Academy
You're someone who'll be able to:
* Support and adapt learning for pupils in any phase.
* Be robust, resilient and take pride in helping students who can sometimes find school life challenging.
* Be flexible, positive and compassionate.
We value the skills and dedication of our teaching assistants. To support the best outcomes for our students, we require a Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification (or equivalent). If you don't yet hold this qualification, don't worry! We'll invest in your development by enrolling you in our Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Programme, helping you gain the behaviours, skills and experience you need to thrive in the role.
About Charles Warren Academy
Charles Warren Academy opened on 1st September 2012 and is part of Lift Schools. Our school is situated in the beautiful area of Simpson, surrounded by trees and bordering the canal. We cater for children aged 4-11 years old and we have high expectations for all with an inclusive outlook.
We aspire for Charles Warren Academy to be an inspirational and exciting place to learn where children can achieve their very best. Our children are enthusiastic, hardworking and want to succeed.
Who is Lift Schools?
We're a diverse and inclusive network of schools with one clear mission; to provide an excellent education to every child - in every classroom, every day. And we do this across each of our 57 schools. As with our students, we want our team to be empowered to do their best work, supported by the best leadership they've ever had.
We acknowledge and appreciate the exceptional efforts of everyone here in making this an incredible organisation.
We offer you:
* Comprehensive training: Access a wide range of developmental training to boost your career.
* Generous benefits: From your pension plan to healthcare and financial support, we've got you covered.
* Lifestyle perks: Enjoy discounted gym memberships, travel deals, and even electric vehicle incentives.
Ready to apply? Get in touch here. We can't wait to hear from you.
The role is due to commence September 2025. This is a part time, permanent position.
Closing date: 18 July 2025
Interviews: 21 July 2025
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
About Lift Charles Warren
- School type
- Academy, ages 4 to 11
- Education phase
- Primary school
- School size
- 191 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 11
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Lift Charles Warren website
Thank you for your interest in joining the team here at Lift Charles Warren.
We are very proud and privileged to serve the young people in and around the Milton Keynes area.
In recent years enormous strides have been made to improve progress and attainment and we are very proud that Lift Charles Warren is in the top 1% of all schools for progress and attainment at KS1. Our dedicated teachers and leaders continue to develop a curriculum that inspires and prepares our pupils for their future.
Lift Charles Warren has an exciting future and it is absolutely vital that we attract the right calibre of professional to lead us on our journey to excellence. You will be a colleague who is relentless in their desire to raise standards and improve outcomes; a colleague who is able to enjoy positive, professional relationships with young people, staff and the wider community; and, perhaps most importantly, a colleague who can demonstrate high levels of resilience and emotional intelligence when dealing with complex and sensitive situations.
The Aims of Lift Charles Warren
At Lift Charles Warren we expect the best of everyone. We recognise the transformative power of self-belief, and our children are happy, confident, resilient and self- critical. There are no short cuts and no excuses. We value hard work, determination and ambition, acknowledging and celebrating the variety of ways in which learners can be excellent. We undertake all our work with professionalism, honesty and integrity. A strong moral compass underpins all our work.
We have an inherent belief in the following:
- Everyone is a leader.
- Creating a can-do, solution focused culture.
- Doing it and having impact - make a difference.
- Attention to detail - follow up and follow through.
- Understanding that making mistakes is okay - what’s important is how we learn from them.
- Being outward thinking - adopt a mind-set of restless excellence.
Our Specialism and Awards
We are delighted to have won two National awards from SSAT for progress and Closing the Gap 2015.
We have also been successful in gaining the EYFS Quality Mark and the Quality Mark for the whole school (March 2021)
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