Classroom Teaching Assistant Apprentice - Giles Infant and Nursery School
Giles Infant and Nursery School
Stevenage, SG1 4HS
Closes in 5 days (Friday 28 February)
Posted on 23 January 2025
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Summary
Do you enjoy working with children and want to gain valuable experience in the classroom? This is a great opportunity to gain insight about working within a school. You'll learn from sector specialist tutors to develop knowledge, skills, and behaviours to become a teaching assistant and make an impact on pupils’ learning.
- Wage
- £9,984 a year
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday- Friday.
Hours to be confirmed.
Wages discussed at interview.
30 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Friday 6 March
- Duration
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1 year 2 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
- Provide teaching support in small groups and, where necessary, be assigned to individual pupils in order to aid the teacher
- Liaise with the teacher to understand the objectives of each session
- Assist the teacher with observations and monitoring of the progress of children, both educationally and socially
- Keep up-to-date written records for supporting pupils
- Promote positive behaviour patterns, raise self-esteem, and improve independent work with children to assist their education and growth
- Depending on school, there may be a specific focus on certain curriculum areas
- It is an interesting, varied position that gives you the valuable opportunities of gaining experience in a professional setting working with young people and colleagues
- You will find out about the teaching paths that are available and the hope is that this apprenticeship will lead you onto your next step on the career ladder
Teaching Assistants may also undertake some or all of the following:
- Work with individual pupils with special educational needs
- Work with pupils for whom English is not their first language
- Assist in the development of individual development plans for pupils (such as Individual educational plans)
- Support the work of volunteers and other teaching assistants in the classroom
- Support the use of ICT in the curriculum
- Invigilate exams and tests
- Assist in escorting and supervising pupils on educational visits and out of school activities
- Select, prepare and clear away classroom materials and learning areas ensuring they are available for use, including developing and presenting displays
- Support pupils in developing and implementing their own personal social and development
- Assist pupils with eating, dressing and hygiene, as required, whilst encouraging independence
- Monitor and manage stock and supplies for the classroom
Where you’ll work
Giles Infant and Nursery School
Durham Road
Stevenage
SG1 4HS
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
SPORTING FUTURES TRAINING (UK) LTD
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
Training is provided through a blended programme of practical activity, group training and virtual learning. The programme provides opportunities to share experiences with other apprentices and learn from experienced professionals.
Training Topics include:
- Understanding how children learn and develop
- Using Technology to support learning
- Working with teachers to understand and support assessment
- Keeping Children safe in education
- Planning and leading high quality Physical Activity
Upon successful completion of the Apprenticeship and End Point Assessment, a Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Qualification will be achieved.
Additional qualifications include:
- Safeguarding Level 1
- Prevent duty
- Working towards Level 2 Functional Skills (where appropriate)
- Opportunities to gain additional coaching qualifications
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- Maths - English (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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Administrative skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
The role will be a position that allows the applicant to work with colleagues within a professional setting. It is an invaluable learning opportunity and is also a role that could be invaluable for an existing member of staff who wishes to extend their personal continued professional development. Educational and Sporting Futures reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
About this company
Welcome to The Giles Nursery and Infants’ School website. Our school is a lovely oasis of calm and creative learning. We are very proud that it has established a local reputation for high standards, high achievement, good behaviour and kindness. We understand how young children learn and provide a richly creative environment in which our children enjoy abundant and engaging learning experiences. These promote ownership of learning and lead to high standards of achievement. We are an inclusive school that strives to maintain a loving and caring school community where everyone feels welcome, secure and valued. Children develop independence, responsibility, compassion and good manners through a detailed and extensive personal, social and health education programme. ‘Everyone is proud of this school. Parents have nothing but praise for the 'amazing staff', 'welcoming environment' and 'exciting experiences' organised for their children. Pupils love learning because of the 'fun activities and interesting things to do.' - Ofsted The school’s most recent Ofsted/HMI inspection of February 2020 judged the school to be ‘good’, and stated that 'there is enough evidence of improved performance to suggest that the school could be judged outstanding'. Our most recent Hertfordshire Review in December 2021 awarded the school a ‘dark green’ which means that The Giles Nursery and Infants' School is "a very strong school which would be likely to gain or maintain 'outstanding' under the 2019 EIF". We are proud of our school. Discover more about how our children enjoy their learning and their time here through our website, or arrange a visit through our school office. Visitors are always very welcome. Our children are at the heart of all we do here at The Giles Nursery and Infants’ School and their successes are a credit to them, our staff, our governors and our parents and carers. “A fantastic school, all of my children have thrived here. The teachers are amazing." Parent/Carer comment July 2021
https://www.gilesnurseryandinfants.co.uk/page/?title=Welcome&pid=12 (opens in new tab)
After this apprenticeship
- Higher education pathway
- Teaching Assistant within a school setting
- Pathway into teaching
- Working in a sector that involves initiative, leadership, communication, developing positive relationships
- Transferable skills that are invaluable in the wider world of work
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SPORTING FUTURES TRAINING (UK) LTD
Adam Baker
vacancies@esfapprenticeships.co.uk
01438 791046
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000298046.
Apply now
Closes in 5 days (Friday 28 February)
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Company’s application instructions
Please visit: www.esfapprenticeships.co.uk Two options 1.Download application form and send it through to vacancies@sportingfutures.co.uk 2. Apply directly with an expression of interest form via the website Any queries contact: Sporting Futures Training - 01438 791068/ 07901 603292