Teaching Assistant Apprentice

Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship

(Level 3 TA Apprenticeship Course) 

Reports to: TBC 

Start date: April/May 2026 

Contract: Fixed-term Apprenticeship programme (18-month contract) 

Working hours: 8:30am to 4pm 

Salary: First 12 months – national apprentice salary, followed by national living wage 

Closing Date: Friday, 10th April 2026 

 

The Role:

The role of Teaching Assistant Apprentice is one designed to support the specific needs of individual pupils and work with them to ensure their educational and emotional needs are met whilst at school. Establishing professional relationships with pupils, parents and colleagues based on our core values of being courageous, compassionate to ensure excellence is paramount.   

This role meets the apprenticeship eligibility criteria. You will be working towards the Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship course in an 18-month programme. 

Key Responsibilities:

Our ideal candidate will:

• Have strong attention to detail. 
• Have the ability to follow regulations and processes. 
• Have the ability to act on their own initiative. 
• Have the ability to be firm but fair. 
• Have an interest in identifying and understanding special educational needs 
• Have a commitment to Ark’s ethos of high expectations and delivery 
• Have the ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of students and pupils. 
• Have a good attendance record. 
• Be able to work as a team. 
• Know and implement school policies including Safeguarding, and Behaviour Policy. 
• Have high expectations of children’s behaviour within and outside of the classroom  
• Be able to take direction from classroom teachers when supporting young people 

What We Offer:

We are a courageous, compassionate community - empowering excellence. We are a value lead organisation, being bold within every aspect of our lives at school. 

We want all staff to thrive and model leadership and determination to the students and pupils within our rich and diverse community. We opened in 2012 with the vision to create a centre of excellence in the community.

We empower our teams by valuing the individual and prioritising professional development. This is delivered through weekly CPD sessions, dedicated line management meetings and by encouraging staff to develop their own ideas and projects, within their departments and beyond.

Bolingbroke Academy is a uniquely exciting, fulfilling and innovative place to work, learn and grow. We are proud to be rated as ‘Outstanding’ in all five categories in the 2024 Ofsted inspection. Ofsted’s recent parent survey also ranked us as the ‘happiest secondary school’ in Wandsworth. 

How to apply

Apply exclusively via the WhatSchool platform.

Ark is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people in its academies. In order to meet this responsibility, its academies follow a rigorous selection process to discourage and screen out unsuitable applicants.

Ark requires all employees to undertake an enhanced DBS check. You are required, before appointment, to disclose any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975. Non-disclosure may lead to termination of employment. However, disclosure of a criminal background will not necessarily debar you from employment - this will depend upon the nature of the offence(s) and when they occurred.