Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship - Sandwich Technology School
INSPIRE ATA LIMITED
Sandwich, CT13 0FA
Closes in 12 days (Monday 17 February at 11:59pm)
Posted on 3 February 2025
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Summary
Sandwich Technology School is an 11 to 18, mixed, secondary school that has an excellent reputation across Kent where "Pupils engage well in learning. They enjoy their lessons and behave well. Pupils show respect for each other and value the work their teachers do to support them" (OFSTED May 2019).
- Wage
- £11,648 a year
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 3:30pm.
35 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Friday 28 February
- Duration
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1 year 4 months
- Positions available
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3
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
Principal Accountabilities:
- Support students’ educational, social, and emotional development under teacher and inclusion director guidance.
- Assist in implementing and monitoring Individual Education Programmes (IEPs).
- Provide classroom and extracurricular support to ensure full student participation.
- Help maintain student records and prepare learning materials or displays.
- Assist with administrative tasks, including photocopying and exam support (e.g., scribing, reading).
- Administer first aid and undertake additional duties as required.
Key Competencies:
- Reliability, professionalism, and strong communication skills.
- Ability to prioritise tasks, work independently, and manage workload efficiently.
- Strong organisational skills, attention to detail, and IT proficiency.
- Team player with the ability to work under pressure.
- First Aid trained (or willingness to train).
Performance & Standards:
- Annual performance review assessing objectives and overall effectiveness.
- Uphold the school’s values, dress code, and behavioural standards.
- Participate in staff training and team meetings to support professional development.
Where you’ll work
Dover Road
Sandwich
CT13 0FA
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
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
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
- Apprenticeship Standard: Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship
- Duration: 16 months
- Training Provider: LMP Education (Rate My Apprenticeship Best Training Provider 2024/2025)
- All training will be done remotely
- Training schedule to be confirmed
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 - 9 or equivalent)
- Maths (grade 4 - 9 or equivalent)
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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Pre-employment checks. Please be aware that upon a successful offer of employment the company completes digitalised right-to-work checks and DBS applications via an external provider - 'Matrix Screening'. The company also completes an internal online social media search, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance.
About this company
Inspire ATA is an official Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, licenced by the Department for Education. Currently ranked 1st in the Rate My Apprenticeship Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers in the UK Award 2024-2025. Inspire ATA specialises in creating apprenticeship opportunities, where we recruit and employ the apprentice on behalf of our host clients, enabling us to offer additional support and a better experience for both the apprentice and the client as the experts in the industry. We arrange the most suitable and appropriate apprenticeship training from one of our partnered training providers. If you are successful in securing an apprenticeship with Inspire ATA, it is important to understand that Inspire ATA will be your employer and the apprenticeship placement will be a separate organisation that simply hosts you as an apprentice. As a Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, Inspire ATA performs an important role in developing the UK labour market and it is our responsibility to ensure that talent is recognised, developed, and matched with business needs, whatever the background of the individual, irrespective of gender, race, disability, age, religion or belief, relationship orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity and gender reassignment. We are proud of the diverse nature of our business and work with clients to ensure that all candidates are treated with courtesy and respect.
After this apprenticeship
- Potential full-time employment for the right candidate upon successful completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000300094.
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Closes in 12 days (Monday 17 February at 11:59pm)
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