Teaching Assistant SEND Pathway Apprenticeship at Harlow Fields School and College
INSPIRE ATA LIMITED
Harlow (CM18 6RN)
Closes in 5 days (Wednesday 30 April 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 10 April 2025
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Summary
Are you passionate about supporting young learners who have complex needs? We’re looking for a dedicated Teaching Assistant Apprentice to join a dynamic school environment and make a real difference in pupils' education.
- Wage
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£12,170.60 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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£7.55 an hour (based on 30.5 hours per week a year, the annual wage you will receive will actually be £11,797.63)
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday 8:50am till 3:40pm, Tuesday 8:50am till 4.10pm, Wednesday to Friday 8:50am till 3:40pm with a 45-minute unpaid lunch break
30 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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3
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
**September 2025 Start**
- Support and engage pupils based on their individual needs and skills
- Assist with planned learning activities, adapting as needed
- Build positive relationships with pupils and encourage their development
- Provide feedback on progress under the teacher’s guidance
- Help develop literacy, numeracy, and ICT skills in the classroom
- Support pupils’ personal, social, and welfare needs
- Promote positive behaviour and keep students focused
- Assist in planning, evaluation, and progress tracking
- Help create a fun and supportive learning environment
Additional Responsibilities:
- Assist with classroom displays and preparation of learning materials
- Supervise pupils during break times and school trips
- Support activities such as PE and swimming
- Follow school policies on health, safety, and welfare
- Attend training and school meetings as needed
What We’re Looking For:
- Resilient
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- A team player with a positive and empathetic attitude
- Organised, proactive, and eager to learn
- A role model who values confidentiality and professionalism
- Passionate about working in a SEND environment
Where you’ll work
Tendring Road
Harlow
CM18 6RN
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
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
The successful candidate will obtain a Level 3 Teaching Assistant SEND Apprenticeship standard qualification.
Each apprentice will have their own dedicated tutor who will conduct monthly remote tutorials and reviews, providing continuous support throughout the apprenticeship program. Depending on the apprentice’s needs, the frequency of these sessions may vary.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade Grade 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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Passionate about children
- Resilient
- Dedicated
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:
INSPIRE ATA LIMITED
Katie Munn
Katie@inspire-ata.co.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000315065.
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Closes in 5 days (Wednesday 30 April 2025 at 11:59pm)
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