We’re thrilled to announce that our Level 5 Specialist Teaching Assistant apprenticeship has been shortlisted in the CPD category at the 2025 Teach Primary Awards!

Since the apprenticeship’s launch in January 2025, our four specialist pathways – SEND, Social and Emotional Wellbeing, Literacy, and Language and Literacy – have had an incredible impact. We even had the honour of facilitating a ministerial visit to a school where three of our apprentices are already making a tangible difference.

In addition to specialisation and building skills that directly benefit their pupils, apprentices can, depending on pathway, benefit from value-added qualifications including Emotional Literacy Support Assistant (ELSA) status and Elklan’s Level 3 qualification in Speech and Language Support for 5-11s.

We’d like to extend congratulations to our colleagues, partners and current apprentices. Their hard work has made this programme a success, and we can’t wait to welcome our next cohort in September 2025.

Learn more about our Level 5 Specialist Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship.