Apprentice Teaching Assistant - High View
LEARNING ACADEMIES TRUST
Plymouth (PL3 6JQ)
Closes in 6 days (Wednesday 19 March at 11:59pm)
Posted on 5 March 2025
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Summary
High View School are looking to appoint a passionate, hardworking and driven Apprentice Teaching Assistant to join their outstanding team. You will need to be committed and driven to want the very best from every child and be an outstanding member of our school community.
- Wage
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£14,565 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
30 hours per week, 39 weeks per year. Actual salary £10,152
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, working between the hours of 08:45 and 16:30. Hours may change slightly to assist with breakfast clubs and after school clubs.
30 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Tuesday 22 April
- Duration
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1 year 3 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
- Attend to the pupils’ personal needs, and implement related personal
programmes including social, health, physical, hygiene, first aid and welfare matters - Supervise and support pupils ensuring their safety and access to learning
- Establish good relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and being aware of and responding appropriately to individual needs
- Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils
- Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher
- Encourage pupils to act independently as appropriate
- Prepare classroom as directed for lessons and clear afterwards and assist with the display of children’s work
- Be aware of pupil problems/progress/achievements and report to the teacher as agreed
- Undertake pupil record keeping as requested
- Support the teacher in managing pupil behaviour, reporting difficulties as appropriate
- Gather/report information from/to parents/carers as directed
- Provide clerical/admin support e.g. photocopying, typing, filing, collecting money, etc.
- Support and educate children on all elements of the school curriculum
- Be aware of and comply with policies and procedures relating to child
protection, health, safety and security, confidentiality and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person - Be aware of and support differences and ensure all pupils have equal access to opportunities to learn and develop
- Contribute to the overall ethos/work/aims of the school
- Appreciate and support the role of other professionals
- Attend relevant meetings as required
- Participate in training and other learning activities and performance
development as required - Assist with the supervision of pupils out of lesson times including before and after school and at lunchtimes
- Accompany teaching staff and pupils on visits, trips and out of school
activities as required
Where you’ll work
High View School - Learning Academies Trust
2 Torridge Way
Plymouth
PL3 6JQ
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
LEARNING ACADEMIES TRUST
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
On our 15-18-month Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Standard, you will work towards the following:
- Behaviours, Skills & Knowledge
- Functional Skills in maths and English at level 2 (if not already exempt through prior qualifications)
- End-Point Assessment (EPA)
- You will have regular visits within workplace by your apprenticeship provider to observe your progress and competence in the role you are carrying out
Requirements
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
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Suitability to work with young children (an enhanced DBS check will be performed prior to you starting the role). The post holder mainly operates within classroom-based conditions and there is regular background noise, there may be some exposure to environmental conditions when supervising pupils/students outside at lunchtime and during off-site activities and school trips. The post holder will be subject to occasional exposure to pupils exhibiting difficult and challenging behaviour and who are angry or upset. Some lifting, stretching and physical effort required for the preparation of the classroom/playroom for lessons and clearing away afterwards. The post holder will periodically be required to assist with the display of pupils’ work which may involve considerable physical effort. The post holder will be required to concentrate for most of the morning or afternoon whilst observing and assisting the pupils during lessons, there may be occasional emotional stress experienced through exposure to difficult child protection/welfare issues which may cause the child to become angry or upset. We offer: A supportive, friendly, and hardworking team. Supportive parents and governors. Children and staff who enjoy learning together. A commitment to your own professional development.
About this company
The Learning Academies Trust is a family of 18 schools across Plymouth and surrounding areas, dedicated to delivering outstanding education to all our children, whatever their starting point or background. Our Trust’s mission is: Together we will… work with our children, families, and communities to provide exceptional learning opportunities for all our children As part of the trust, we will support you to learn and develop, providing outstanding CPD and opportunities for collaboration between schools within the trust sharing resources, expertise and knowledge.
After this apprenticeship
- There may be the potential for full-time employment as a Teaching Assistant upon successful completion of the apprenticeship across the Learning Academies Trust, for the right candidate
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LEARNING ACADEMIES TRUST
Nina Maxwell
nina.maxwell@ptsa.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000307094.
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