Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship

Course Overview

Apprenticeship Standard Teaching Assistant L3
Reference Code ST0454
Typical Duration 20 months
Course Delivery 1 contact session every 3 weeks; 4 day courses.
EPA Organisation Training Qualifications UK

Our Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Course currently has a 94% pass rate and is designed to equip you with the knowledge, skills and behaviours to understand pupils’ learning and development, support assessment and add value to education.

During your apprenticeship as a Teaching Assistant, you could be working in primary, special and secondary education across all age ranges encompassing special educational needs and emotional vulnerabilities. The role of the Teaching Assistant is to support the class teacher to enhance pupils learning either in groups or individually, ensuring pupils understand the work set, know their learning objectives and stay on task in order to make progress.

Promoting self-belief, social inclusion and high self-esteem play an integral part to pupils’ wellbeing; ensuring pupils thrive in a positive, nurturing, safe environment. The Teaching Assistant’s role is an active one: supporting the learner to access the curriculum. They are good role models, act with honesty and integrity, take part in team meetings and contribute to planning and class activities. They promote Fundamental British Values through spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and positive behaviours to improve pupil progress and development.

Our TA education team is here for you. All of our Educators have substantial industry and TA / school sector experience so they are best placed to support, mentor and guide you through to achievement.

If you work more than 16 hours per week you will probably be eligible to take this funded course with the support of your employer. Contact us to find out more.

Day Courses

To support the knowledge elements of the Teaching Assistant apprenticeship, we deliver a series of 4 remote (online) day courses.

Because of the large volumes on our Teaching Assistant apprenticeship cohorts, we run two sets of Day Courses alongside one another. Dates and sessions below:

1st Oct 2024 Day 1: Understanding how pupils learn and develop
15th Oct 2024 Day 1: Understanding how pupils learn and develop
5th Nov 2024 Day 2: Assessment for learning
12th Nov 2024 Day 2: Assessment for learning
3rd Dec 2024 Day 3: Keeping children safe in education
10th Dec 2024 Day 3: Keeping children safe in education
14th Jan 2025 Day 4: Communication and teamwork 
21st Jan 2025 Day 4: Communication and teamwork 

Because of the large volumes on our Teaching Assistant apprenticeship cohorts, we run two sets of Day Courses alongside one another. Dates and sessions below:

4th Mar 2025 Day 1: Understanding how pupils learn and develop
11th Mar 2025 Day 1: Understanding how pupils learn and develop
1st Apr 2025 Day 2: Assessment for learning
8th Apr 2025 Day 2: Assessment for learning
13th May 2025 Day 3: Keeping children safe in education
20th May 2025 Day 3: Keeping children safe in education
3rd Jun 2025 Day 4: Communication and teamwork 
10th Jun 2025 Day 4: Communication and teamwork 

Our four Day Courses cover the main subject areas of the knowledge elements of the Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Standard. They are broken down as follows:

Day 1: Understanding how pupils learn and develop

  • The different learning styles including visual, audio and kinaesthetic and how to adapt learning to suit
  • The transitions pupils go through that may affect their learning and how to approach these
  • Different learning needs pupils may have and recognising different teaching and learning strategies to support these needs more effectively
  • Development theories 
Day 2: Assessment for learning

  • The differences between formative and summative assessment and using them to measure pupil progression
  • Different assessment methods available and when/where they are best used for maximum development
  • The National Curriculum, the part it plays in education and how to use it: the statutory and non-statutory subjects that schools deliver
  • Programme of study for ICT within the National Curriculum
Day 3: Keeping children safe in education

  • Prevent and British Values: what they are and the importance of knowing how they fit within the TA role
  • Keeping Children Safe in Education legislation and the importance of its use in your school’s safeguarding procedures
  • Relevant legislation that has had an impact on the TA role and how this can link to how health and safety are monitored
  • Impact of serious reviews on the safeguarding of children within schools and the wider community
Day 4: Communication and teamwork 

  • What a TA is accountable for within your school alongside your responsibilities
  • Supporting your own learning and development
  • Working with outside agencies and the importance of sharing information for the wellbeing and development of children 
  • Aims, values and ethos and how they are important to you and your school

Testimonials from previous candidates 

“This course has not only provided me with a foundation in teaching but also has encouraged me to pursue teaching as a profession.” (Former learner)

Milby Primary School
Teaching Assistant

Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) Progression

Apprentices who complete the Level 3 Teaching Assistant Standard with us can take advantage of a 20% discount on our Level 4 HLTA qualification. The standard cost of the course if £650. For learners who have completed the Level 3 Teaching Assistant apprenticeship with us, we offer a 20% discount on HLTA progression: a 6-month Level 4 qualification for just £520.

This distance learning course is designed to equip TAs with the knowledge and skills to address challenges within the school environment and enhance their understanding of how to effectively support their students and colleagues. Read more about the course and the 7 key modules here.

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