Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship
Gosden House School
Guildford (GU5 0AH)
Closes on Sunday 1 June 2025
Posted on 28 April 2025
Contents
Summary
An exciting opportunity exists to join our school . The position offers an exciting, challenging and rewarding opportunity to be part of our team whilst studying for an Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification.
- Wage
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£13,455 a year
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, shifts.
30 hours 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
Support for Pupils:
- Be resilient, positive and have good communication skills
- Show an interest in pupils and support them to become independent *assist pupils with physical needs and personal care
- Be willing to undertake additional training to meet individual pupils
- Support pupils in new or challenging situations
- Support pupils in maintaining good standards of health & hygiene
- Be able to respond to any difficulties quickly and effectively
- Be able to assist with break and lunchtime supervision including facilitating games and activities
Support for Teachers:
- Understand classroom roles and responsibilities Application *be able to set up ICT resources for classroom Application
- Have knowledge of and compliance with the school’s Health & Safety and Child Protection Policy, record keeping system, policies and procedures
- Understand and comply with the requirements regarding confidentiality *be able to supervise and assist pupils in their learning, ensuring that all pupils are included
- Understand and employ agreed strategies to manage pupil behaviour *be able to select, prepare and set out learning resources
- Be able to work as part of a team
- Be willing to attend training courses to develop professionally
Support for the curriculm:
- Be able to provide feedback to teachers on pupil progress and achievements
- Be able to support the use of ICT in the curriculum
- Understand how to support the children’s learning through play
- Be willing to escort and supervise pupils on educational visits and out of school activities
- Understand and support independent learning and inclusion of all pupils
Where you’ll work
Horsham Road
Bramley
Guildford
GU5 0AH
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
EDUCATION AND SKILLS TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT 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
At the end of the apprenticeship, you will achieve the following:
- Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Standard:
- The apprenticeship will be delivered via teams meetings every 4-6 weeks and observations in the workplace alongside your job role
- There is no day release required for this training
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
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Initiative
- Patience
About this company
Gosden House is an outstanding school for young people with learning and additional needs, from 4-16 years of age. Set in extensive grounds, the environment offers students the opportunity to explore and challenge the potential of learners in every aspect. The curriculum has a strong focus on core learning skills and communication. We aim to develop resilience, creativity and social skills in order to support young people to succeed in the workplace and live rewarding, independent lives.
After this apprenticeship
- Once you have completed the apprenticeship there will be the opportunity for you to progress to employment as a Teaching Assistant
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
EDUCATION AND SKILLS TRAINING & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
Hayley Wardley
hayley.wardley@education-and-skills.com
07375417064
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000317190.
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Closes on Sunday 1 June 2025
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