Apprentice Teaching Assistant - Elangeni School, Amersham
Buckinghamshire Council
Amersham (HP6 6EG)
Closes tomorrow (Thursday 3 April 2025)
Posted on 14 March 2025
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Summary
This is a unique opportunity to join a successful team as an apprentice Teaching Assistant. We are looking for somebody who is able to embrace the school’s vision, values & aims. It is important that you enjoy supporting pupils and approach each day with enthusiasm. If this sounds like you, please apply!
- Wage
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£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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5 days. Monday - Friday inclusive, 30 hours per week .38 weeks - Term time only. Times to be confirmed.
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 12 May 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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2
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
- This support work will be a blend of supporting pupils on a 1:1 basis and supporting small groups of children, both in and out of the classroom or on the playground at break and lunch time, alongside supporting members of the teaching staff.
- Our new apprentice Teaching Assistants will be based in a year group but will also be timetabled to work across different classes and different year groups in the school.
- Working 1:1 or with small groups of pupils.
- Supporting pupils with additional learning needs.
- Supporting a pupil with an Educational Health Care Plan
- Supporting the class teacher with whole class teaching and the preparation of resources.
- Playground duties both at morning break and at lunch time.
- Maintaining a safe and healthy environment for all of our pupils.
- Being committed to becoming involved with school life as a whole.
- Maintaining a welcoming classroom environment, encouraging pupils to work independently.
- Keep accurate records of pupil progress and report back to the class teacher and/ or SENDCo.
- Preparing resources.
- Listening to the children read.
- Attending staff meetings and training as appropriate.
- Ensuring all pupils are safe and safeguarding procedures are followed.
Where you’ll work
Woodside Avenue
Amersham
HP6 6EG
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.
More training information
- Safeguarding
- Health and Safety
- GDPR
- Online safety including Cyber Security
- SEND training appropriate to support needs of specific pupils
- Access to National College which provides a suite of online training.
- Staff are directed to complete certain webinars/ courses but can also access courses of personal interest for self-development.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent 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. Clare Prescott-Pounds, School Business Manager Telephone: 01494 721436 email: office@elangeni.bucks.sch.uk 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
Elangeni is a two-form entry junior school in Chesham Bois, Amersham. We are fortunate to have 240 wonderful, respectful pupils who are willing to learn in our well-resourced school within our beautiful spacious school site. We have a large playing field and playground for sports as well as a well-resourced log cabin for outdoor learning. We offer our children a range of additional experiences and support, including regular trips and visitors, sports coaching, after-school clubs and are passionate about promoting good mental health and emotional wellbeing. Our school is a happy, caring and vibrant community which offers a stimulating learning environment. By developing potential, drive and self-esteem we help everyone to become a unique, responsible, respectful, motivated and successful individual. We have a hugely supportive staff team, supporting our pupils and each other. Our school is well known in the local community and we are often referred to as the Elangeni family.
After this apprenticeship
- We would hope that once the apprenticeship has been completed that our newly qualified Level 3 TA would remain with us to continue supporting our pupils and part of our amazing team.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNCIL
Clare Prescott-Pounds
office@elangeni.bucks.sch.uk
01494 721436
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000309812.
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Closes tomorrow (Thursday 3 April 2025)
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