Apprentice Teaching Assistant - Iver Heath Junior School
Buckinghamshire Council
Iver (SL0 0DA)
Closes in 27 days (Sunday 13 April)
Posted on 14 March 2025
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Summary
We are looking for an Apprentice to join our team of Teaching Assistants. The role is required to help support pupils in all aspects of our school life. We are looking for individuals who are energetic and enthusiastic about learning and are willing to become part of our team.
- Wage
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£12,900 a year
Minimum wage rates (opens in new tab)
The annual salary will be in the range of £12,900 to £16,254. Here's the calculation if you need it - Hourly pay x hours x working & holiday weeks £10 x 30 x 43 = £12,900 £12.60 x 30 x 43 = £16,254
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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30hrs. Monday - Friday, term time only. Times to be confirmed.
30 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 12 May
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
To work under the guidance/ instruction of the class teacher to support an individual child with specifically identified leaning needs or a small group of children who need academic or emotional support. Support will be needed to help the pupil/s maintain good behaviour, organisation, hygiene when required, social skills and engage with their learning in a successful way across the curriculum.
Key tasks:
- Ensure all safeguarding procedures and practices are followed related to the identified child and all other children within the school.
- Support an identified child in lessons to enable them to access their learning and produce good learning outcomes.
- Manage the pupil’s behaviour, when required, to ensure that the pupil and other children in the class are able to focus on the learning.
- Support the pupil/s to organise their resources and equipment throughout the school day.
- Deliver formal and informal interventions to the pupil/s to support their development.
- To work under the direction of the teacher and Inclusion Manager to support the child.
- Communicate with teacher, Inclusion Manager, other relevant staff, parents and external professional when required with information relating to the child/ren.
- Assist with adapting learning materials to scaffold the learning for the child/ren.
- To contribute to target setting meetings and reviewing paperwork created to support the child’s/ren’s progress.
- Promote independence in the child’s/ren’s approach to school life and wider life.
- Undertake relevant training where appropriate to support the child/ren and wider school life.
- Follow school policies and procedures.
Where you’ll work
St. Margarets Close
Iver
SL0 0DA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNCIL
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
- You will work towards the Teaching Assistant Level 3 Standard qualification, attending monthly training sessions with your tutor/assessor, where you will meet other apprentices from local schools providing excellent peer to peer learning via on-line.
Functional skills if required.
There are assignments and live evidence gained within the workplace where you will embed your learning and gain further training hands on training from your mentor and teacher within school. You will have access to your programme outside of your sessions via our e-portfolio system Laser Learning.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade A - C or above or 4-9)
- Maths (grade A-C or above/4-9)
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
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Commitment to learning
Other requirements
Visits to the school are warmly welcome. To arrange a visit or to find out more about the role, please contact our school office on 01753 651382 or email bursar@iverheath-jun.bucks.sch.uk. Keeping children safe is the most important part of our work at Iver Heath Junior School. We work hard to ensure that we provide a safe environment, within which the children feel safe and are able to talk to our staff about any concerns. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and therefore applicants are required to declare: All unspent convictions and conditional cautions All spent convictions and adult cautions that are not protected (i.e. that are not filtered out) as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2020).
About this company
Welcome to Iver Heath Junior School. I am very proud to be the Headteacher of such a wonderful school where the children are at the heart of everything we do. We strive to develop happy, resilient and high achieving children who are ambitious and prepared to succeed in their future. We live by 4 key values: We are ACHIEVERS! We are a COMMUNITY! We are PROUD! We are INCLUSIVE! Iver Heath Junior has a knowledge rich curriculum that allows each child to be challenged and inspired to make progress in their learning. Indeed, our 2024 SATs results were all above National results and we could not be more proud of our children and their achievements. Highly trained, passionate and dedicated staff support each child throughout their development and put them at the heart of every decision. We are fortunate to have specialised PE and music teachers who support our pupils to excel in these areas too. Our school is set in spacious grounds which allows us to offer excellent learning opportunities both in and out of the classroom. We have large classrooms with lots of natural light, an expansive field, spacious playgrounds including an adventure trail, tyre track and outdoor gym equipment, a flood-lit astro-turf sports pitch, wild-flower area and dedicate wildlife/forest schools area. Our school is served by a committed governing body whose members execute their duties in a highly professional and supportive manner. The governors' dedication to Iver Heath Junior School ensures strategic management and accountability at all levels. We also have a pro-active PTA who work tirelessly to support our school community and have provided us with wonderful resources such as: a tyre track, outdoor learning gazebo, outdoor gym equipment and adventure trail. The children, staff and governors are very proud to be part of this wonderful community and would welcome your child and family to be part of our school. "Pupils are proud to attend this happy, inclusive school. They enjoy warm, respectful relationships with staff and each other, and have confidence that the staff will listen to them if they have any concerns or worries." (Ofsted May 2023)
After this apprenticeship
- Permanent employment may be available at the end of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNCIL
bursar@iverheath-jun.bucks.sch.uk
01753 651382
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000309824.
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Closes in 27 days (Sunday 13 April)
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