Teaching Assistant Apprentice
Busill Jones Primary School - SHINE Academies Trust
Walsall, WS3 2QF
Closes on Tuesday 28 January
Posted on 19 December 2024
Contents
Summary
A fantastic opportunity for an apprentice to become a teaching assistant. You will work one-to-one and deliver interventions in small groups across the Key stages during their time here at Busill Jones.
- Annual wage
- £12,480 a year
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday:
8.40am-4.00pm
Staff meeting:
Mondays 4.30pm
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Possible start date
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Thursday 30 January
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
Duties to include but not be limited to;
- Phonics interventions following the school scheme
- Maths interventions
- Writing and reading boosters
- In class support for pupils during the lessons
- Supporting the teacher
- Lesson planning
- First aid training
- Weekly CPD during staff meetings
- Little Wandle phonics training
- Other duties as and when required
Where you’ll work
Busill Jones Primary School
Ashley Road
Walsall
WS3 2QF
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
WALSALL COLLEGE
Your training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
- Apply strategies to support and encourage the development of independent learners.
- Adapt communication strategies for the audience and context.
- Apply behaviour management strategies in line with organisational policy.
- Adapt resources to support all learners.
- Communicate with teachers to ensure clarity of the TA’s role.
- Apply teaching strategies to deliver learning activities or interventions.
- Build relationships with learners, teachers, other professionals and stakeholders.
- Comply with legislation, guidance, and procedures for Prevent, safeguarding and health & safety.
- Support the well-being and mental health of learners.
- Observe, record, and report on learners in line with organisational procedures.
- Apply methods of formative assessment.
- Use up to date technology safely, to support learning.
- Encourage safe use of technology by learners.
- Adapt teaching strategies to support all learners (for example, scaffolding, open questioning).
- Identify and respond to pastoral and academic behaviours in learners.
- Provide feedback to learners.
- Apply strategies to support and encourage the development of independent learners.
- Adapt communication strategies for the audience and context.
- Apply behaviour management strategies in line with organisational policy.
- Adapt resources to support all learners.
- Communicate with teachers to ensure clarity of the TA’s role.
- Apply teaching strategies to deliver learning activities or interventions.
- Build relationships with learners, teachers, other professionals and stakeholders.
- Comply with legislation, guidance, and procedures for Prevent, safeguarding and health & safety.
- Support the well-being and mental health of learners.
- Observe, record, and report on learners in line with organisational procedures.
- Apply methods of formative assessment.
- Use up to date technology safely, to support learning.
- Encourage safe use of technology by learners.
- Adapt teaching strategies to support all learners (for example, scaffolding, open questioning).
- Identify and respond to pastoral and academic behaviours in learners.
- Provide feedback to learners.
Your training plan
- Teaching assistant Level 3 standard apprenticeship
- Monthly one-to-one learning session in the workplace
- Weekly off the job training
- Functional skills if required
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English (grade C or 4)
- Maths (grade C or 4)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
Other requirements
The vacancy will include working outdoors and being flexible.
About this company
SHINE Academies is a growing, successful multi-academy trust based in the West Midlands. Northwood Park Primary School became a SAT (Single Academy Trust) in January 2015. The Academy converted to a Multi-Academy Trust - Northwood Park Educational Trust - when it successfully became an approved sponsor school in April 2015. Since then, Lodge Farm joined the MAT as a sponsored academy in April 2016. This was a school that was seriously under-performing and became part of the Trust to benefit from the shared expertise, vision, resources and partnership that the Trust offers. In April 2018, Villiers Primary School joined the Trust as a ‘Good’ school, thus increasing the Trust’s capacity to support future schools. The impact of the MAT is best demonstrated in the improvement that has been made at Lodge Farm. This was a failing school before academy conversion took place and served a community situated in one of the most deprived wards in the West Midlands. This school had been in special measures for over three years and yet in just 9 weeks of support, Ofsted removed the special measures and we awaited the first inspection following academisation. In November 2018, this hard work was recognised with a ‘Good’ Ofsted rating, the first the school had ever achieved! In January 2018, we established a successful link with a larger, more experienced, successful MAT to work in partnership with through the next 12 months. This has been a turning point for our Trust, making us more strategic and with an in-depth understanding of the value of growth within a MAT. Following the success of our sponsored school, Lodge Farm have had the opportunity to share our expertise with Busill Jones, Walsall. SHINE has provided interim support to Busill Jones Primary School since September 2018, ahead of the legal conversion process and this has enabled us to spend time building capacity to ensure we have the foundations for successful future growth. The latest HMI inspection demonstrates the progress that has already been made in such a short space of time. The Trust is now in a strong position to grow. There are already many MATs in existence, with more being established going forward. Some are large national trusts whilst some others are just starting out on their journey. However, few MATs will have the same level of experience, the established systems and the successful track record of SHINE Academies. With the addition of Busill Jones we are now responsible for the education of over 1900 pupils in the West Midlands. We have also been approached by the DfE to consider sponsoring another school in a neighbouring authority.
After this apprenticeship
Potential full-time job as we are a trust, so opportunities are plentiful
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
WALSALL COLLEGE
Eleana Ewins
eewins@walsallcollege.ac.uk
01922688544
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000292837.
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Closes on Tuesday 28 January
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