Teaching Assistant Apprentice
Lift Charles Warren
Old Groveway
Milton Keynes, MK6 3AZ
United Kingdom
Salary: Living Wage Foundation Voluntary Living Wage (VLW) – currently £13.45 per hour, plus wellbeing cash plan, pension scheme and additional Lift Schools benefits
Hours: 32 hours per week, 39 weeks per year
Contract: 2-year fixed-term contract
Start date: September 2026
Start your career in education with Lift Charles Warren
Are you passionate about helping children learn, grow and succeed?
We’re looking for a Teaching Assistant Apprentice to join our friendly and inclusive team at Lift Charles Warren. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone looking to begin a rewarding career in education while gaining a recognised qualification and hands-on experience in a supportive school environment.
You’ll work alongside experienced teachers and support staff, helping pupils to access learning, build confidence and achieve their full potential. Every day is different, and you’ll play a key role in creating positive learning experiences for our children.
Why choose Lift Charles Warren?
Nestled in the beautiful village of Simpson, our school provides a warm and welcoming environment where children and staff thrive. We are proud of our inclusive culture, ambitious curriculum and dedicated team who work together to ensure every child receives an excellent education.
What you’ll gain
Who we’re looking for
We’re looking for someone who is enthusiastic, caring and eager to learn. You will enjoy working with children, be a great team player, and have a positive attitude towards supporting young people in achieving their best.
Whether you’re leaving education, looking for a career change or taking your first steps into the education sector, we’d love to hear from you.
Who is Lift Schools?
We’re a diverse and inclusive network of schools with one clear mission; to provide an excellent education to every child - in every classroom, every day. And we do this across each of our 59 schools. As with our students, we want our team to be empowered to do their best work, supported by the best leadership they’ve ever had.
We acknowledge and appreciate the exceptional efforts of everyone here in making this an incredible organisation.
We offer you:
Next Steps
We will review applications as they are received and may interview before the closing date, so early applications are encouraged.
Closing Date: 19th June 2026
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive an overwhelming response. All candidates are advised to refer to the job description and person specification before making an application.
Lift Schools are committed to ensuring the highest levels of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our pupils, and we expect all our people and volunteers to share this commitment. We adopt a fair and consistent recruitment process which is inline with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance. This includes online checks for shortlisted candidates. All offers of employment are subject to an Enhanced DBS check, references, and where applicable, a prohibition from teaching check.
Lift Schools embraces diversity and promotes equality of opportunity. Job share, part-time and flexible working opportunities will be considered.
We are a Disability Confident Employer and there is a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.
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Lift Schools is recruiting for Teacher Training placements. Please click here to view the website for further details.
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AI StatementLift Schools believes an excellent education is an entitlement for every child, and we do everything in our power to ensure that our schools are making that a reality for every pupil in our care.
Our mission:
We will provide an excellent education for every child, in every classroom, every day.
With excellent leadership and teaching in every school, we will help children go on to lead successful and happy lives.
We will work with others beyond our network to create capacity in the sector to benefit more children and communities.
At Lift Schools, we are serious about personal and professional development.
We know that talent drives performance, we attract dynamic people and we back them to reimagine what’s possible in every classroom, for every child, every day.
Whether you're taking those exciting first steps into the world of teaching or you've worked in the education sector for some time, Lift Schools is a great place to have the biggest impact.
Our work literally changes lives and we know that only happens if we invest in our team.
Initial Teacher Training
Our Initial Teacher Training programme allows prospective teachers to gain their PGCE and QTS alongside acquiring valuable experience working within a classroom.
For a full list of our career opportunities, please visit our website.
Project H - Changing education beyond Lift Schools
Project H is our online community designed to find solutions to address the big challenges in the education sector. Project H shares resources, ideas and insights from staff across our schools and the trust.
Find out more on our Life page.
Our Benefits:
We offer the full suite of Early Career and NPQ programmes as well as our CPD offer which provides opportunities for both teaching and leadership development.
For our full list of benefits, including a great pension, discounted gym membership, salary advances and a travel and leisure scheme, visit our website.
