About The Role
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.
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
Benefits:
- Weekly CPD sessions and twice as many training days as standard.
- Dedicated line management meetings
- Encouragement to staff to develop their own ideas and projects within their departments and beyond.
- Generous pension scheme.
- Access to Ark rewards – a scheme offering savings from over 3,000 major retailers
- Interest-free loans – up to £5,000 available for season ticket or to buy a bicycle.
- Access to Employee Assistance Programme – providing free, confidential counselling, legal advice and a range of different support.
Find out more about the benefits of working for Ark at https://arkonline.org/careers/why-work-with-us/.
About Us
At Ark Bolingbroke Academy, we are a courageous, compassionate community - empowering excellence. We are a value lead organisation, being bold within every aspect of our lives at school.
Our talented teaching and support staff insist on high educational standards every single day, and their commitment is shown in our excellent results, with over 80% of our students achieving a top-third university or top 100 apprenticeship.
We want all staff to thrive, modelling leadership and determination to the pupils and students within our rich and diverse academy, working together to fulfil our vision of creating a centre of excellence within our local community.
Visit arkbolingbrokeacademy.org/jobs to learn more about us and see our current vacancies.
Diversity and inclusion:
We aim to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone – staff and students – can do their best work and achieve their full potential. We want to reflect and represent diverse perspectives across our organisation because we know that doing so will make us stronger and more effective. To know more about Ark’s diversity and inclusion commitments, please click on this link.
Safeguarding statement:
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. To read more about Ark’s safer recruitment process, please click this link.
Please note we will be reviewing applications on an on-going basis and this role may close earlier than advertised depending on the level of response. We strongly encourage to submit your application at your earliest convenience.
