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Position Type: Teaching Assistant Apprentice.
32.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
08:30am - 15:30pm - 30 minutes for lunch.
Term time only plus inset days (39 weeks)
Contract - Fixed term.
Salary as £12,769.09 (£8.77 per hour).To start - 1st September 2026
We are looking to appoint an enthusiastic, caring, and hardworking Teaching Assistant Apprentice. The roles will be based in KS1 and involve assisting students with additional needs.
Duties to include:
Work with individuals or small groups of children under the direction of teaching staff.
Establish positive relationships with pupils being supported.
Implement planned learning activities/teaching programmes as agreed with the teacher.
Support pupils with activities which support literacy and numeracy skills.
Support the use of ICT in the classroom and develop pupils' competence and independence in its use.
Promote positive pupil behaviour in line with school policies and help keep pupils on task.
To always respect confidentiality
Participate in evaluation of learning activities with the teacher, providing feedback to the teacher on pupil progress and behaviour
Where necessary supporting the student(s) with personal needs as required by the individual child/young person. This may include help with social welfare, care, and health matters, including toileting, dressing, feeding, mobility etc.
Help the student learn effectively on their own and in a group and develop the students' self-esteem, encourage independence and self-reliance.
The L3 TA apprentices attend a monthly class (full day) at ACL Essex's Centre in Witham or, in exceptional circumstances we may be able to offer an online option (after school hrs.). Successful candidates will achieve the Level 3 Teaching Apprenticeship Standard.
Desired skills and personal qualities
Communication skills, IT skills, Team working, Initiative, Non-judgemental, Patience, Reliable
Required Qualifications:
GCSE or equivalent English (Grade 4/C) Essential
GCSE or equivalent Maths (Grade 4/C) Essential
St. Pius X is a forward looking and inclusive school where every child and adult matters. The school, parish and parents work closely together to develop a real sense of community with the result being that we have a happy learning environment.
St Pius X Catholic Primary School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. This appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS check and supportive references.
Visits to the school are warmly welcomed. Please contact Diane Robinson on 01245 354875.
Closing date: Monday 11th May 2026. Please note that we may close or withdraw this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications."
Interview date: Monday 18th May 2026
Information about the School
Welcome to St Pius X Catholic Primary School
Our school is a small, caring and happy school where staff know all of the children and where every child really matters. Our committed staff work hard to provide a rich and challenging curriculum and strive to encourage a love of learning in our pupils to create resilient, life long learners when they leave us. Our curriculum is progressive so that knowledge and skills are built upon over time and designed in a way, using exciting topics (with clear defined subjects) to engage, inspire and motivate our learners so that they hold onto and build upon their learning each year.
Everything we do is underpinned by our Catholic faith with Christ at the centre:
‘Together in God’s loving family, we believe, we learn, we grow’. We work in partnership with parents and the Church to help the children to grow in a deeper understanding of their faith as they develop. We have close links with our parish church, Blessed Sacrament, Chelmsford.
Our school community has agreed core values, based on the Beatitudes that we want our children to work towards in their strive for excellence, to be the very best they can, no matter what their starting point. Our values of fairness, kindness, forgiveness, peacefulness, integrity and service are weaved throughout our curriculum and we reward our children when they demonstrate these values to help them grow to be the very best they can be! We value the joy of working and learning in a community that is strengthened by common values and expectations and that strives to serve God through service towards others. Our children are also taught to respect and value other cultures and faiths.
We believe in high aspirations, high motivation and high achievement for all. We encourage children to have high expectations of themselves and aspire to be the best that they can be.
Our children, staff and parents, and parish are a happy and caring community who work together to enable our children to grow into successful, happy and caring individuals who are ready to go out in the world and make a difference.
We are all proud of our school where pupils enjoy their learning in a caring environment where they feel safe, secure and valued.
Mrs S.Derbyshire
Head Teacher (B.Ed.Hons)