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Teaching Assistant Apprentice

Location: Medway Green School, Wouldham, Rochester, ME1 3TS
Salary: £11.80 per hour
Hours: 37.5 hours per week (Term Time Only)
Contract: Fixed Term (18–24 months, with the possibility to become permanent after successful completion)
Apprenticeship Level: Teaching Assistant Level 3 (Fully Funded)

Start your career with purpose

At OFG, we work smarter so you can spend more time doing what you love. Become a Teaching Assistant Apprentice and build a future where your work truly matters.

The Opportunity

We’re offering an exciting opportunity to join Outcomes First Group as a Teaching Assistant Apprentice, gaining hands-on experience while completing a recognised Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification. You’ll play an active role in supporting pupils, especially those with additional needs, and work in an environment where every small win makes a big difference.

Join a team passionate about creating supportive, enriching classrooms where vulnerable pupils and young people thrive far beyond expectations.

What You'll Learn

Throughout your apprenticeship, you’ll gain a deep understanding of teaching support through:

• Assisting with the delivery and implementation of learning activities
• Evaluating lesson plans and suggesting improvements
• Leading small group and one-on-one activities independently
• Collaborating with teachers to deliver learning objectives
• Adapting to meet individual learner needs in a dynamic classroom environment

Entry Requirements

• A passion for working with children and young people
• If you don’t already have GCSE Maths and English (or equivalent), you’ll complete Functional Skills as part of the programme
• 20% of your contracted hours will be dedicated to off-the-job training (OJT), giving you the time and support to develop the skills, knowledge, and behaviours required by the apprenticeship

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Patience and empathy when working with diverse learner needs
• Resilience to stay motivated in a challenging yet rewarding role
• Flexibility to support changing tasks and classroom environments
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Willingness to learn and grow within a professional setting

About Us

Medway Green School is a special needs provision that provides for students whose SEMH/SEN needs have resulted in placement breakdown at their mainstream schools. We provide a nurturing and welcoming environment to SEMH students in Key stages 2-4, however within the next 2 years the provision will move to Key stages 3-4 only. Students will experience a personalised curriculum based on previous learning and identified needs. With a keen focus on therapy, education and personal development the school aims to help young pupils grow academically, socially and emotionally to enable them to achieve success as they progress through life.

Opened in 2019, Medway Green School presently provides education to 67 students, with a capacity of 70 students. We have welcomed our first KS4 cohort this year and have been excited to introduce subject specialists to our school, providing a secondary model of learning.

Acorn Education is the UK’s leading independent provider of specialist education. As part of Outcomes First Group, we are leading our sector in setting and delivering new approaches that provide measurable outcomes for those in our care.

We are really proud to say that in 2024, Outcomes First Group were officially certified as a ‘Great Place to Work’ for the fifth year running.

Why join Acorn Education?

Benefits

Your health and wellbeing are important to us, so you’ll get an exceptional reward package including:

• Life Assurance
• Pension scheme with options to increase your contributions
• “Your Wellbeing Matters” – access to a wide range of first-class mental health support services and physical health checks

And a market-leading benefit offering through our Flexible Benefits Platform, Vista, enables you to choose the package that’s right for you, including:

• A wide range of health, wellbeing, and insurance benefits
• 100’s of discount options valid in the UK and abroad
• Cycle to Work Schemes
• Electric Car Purchase Scheme
• Critical illness cover
• Family Growth Support - inclusive benefits package covering enhanced maternity and paternity leave, along with paid fertility treatment support. 

And that’s not all, we place the outcomes of the pupils and vulnerable young adults in our services at the heart of everything we do, so you’ll wake every day in the knowledge that your role will have a significant positive impact on the lives of others.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of pupils and young people. All applicants will be subject to social media checks and successful applicants to a fully enhanced DBS.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

*You’ll work 80% of your contractual hours for 100% of your pay, giving you more time to do the things that make you happy. 4DWW is subject to successful completion of probation and is not a contractual benefit.