EARLY YEARS LEVEL 3 APPRENTICE

NELSON MCMILLAN NURSERY SCHOOL

Lancashire, BB9 9AG

Closes in 26 days (Friday 17 January)

Posted on 20 December 2024

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Summary

McMillan Nursery School is a popular and growing, maintained nursery school looking to appoint an apprentice who wants to develop a career working in the Early Years sector. If successful, it will hopefully lead to a permanent job opportunity.

Annual wage
£11,315.20 a year

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Applicable to Age, Term Time Only

Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
Hours
Monday to Friday. The role is term time only, working 34 hours per week.

34 hours a week

Possible start date

Monday 3 February

Duration

2 years

Positions available

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

  • 8:30 - 8:45 - Prepare environment
  • 8:45 - 11:45 Educating children, indoors and outdoors, in small focus groups and in continuous provision
  • 11:45 - 12:00 - Prepare the environment
  • 12:00 - 12:30 Lunch.
  • 12:30 - 3:15 Educating children, indoors and outdoors, in small focus groups and in continuous provision
  • 3:15 - 3:30 Tidying and cleaning
  • 3:30 - 4:00 CPD 

Where you’ll work

NELSON MCMILLAN NURSERY SCHOOL

Railway Street

Nelson

Lancashire

BB9 9AG

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

NELSON AND COLNE 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

Safeguarding, Quality interactions, Effective Continuous Provision, Story time, First Aid, Assessments, Tapestry Online Learning Journal, Early Maths & Phonics.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4 or better)
  • Maths (grade 4 or better)

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
  • Organisation skills
  • Team working
  • Non judgemental

About this company

Vision, Values and Ethos... The Governors and staff of McMillan Nursery School have worked together to create our mission statement and image of the child to demonstrate our vision, values and ethos which are at the heart of all our provision and practice.

http://www.mcmillan.lancsngfl.ac.uk/ (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Hope to offer permanent contract when qualification is complete.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

NELSON AND COLNE COLLEGE

head@mcmillan.lancs.sch.uk

01282 612709

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000293337.

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Closes in 26 days (Friday 17 January)

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Company’s application instructions

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