Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprentice at Wedmore First School Academy
Wedmore First School Academy
Somerset (BS28 4BS)
Closes in 16 days (Tuesday 6 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 2 April 2025
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Summary
We have an opportunity to work across Key stage 1/2 classes and gain a Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship. We are looking for an enthusiastic person who is passionate about supporting children to learn; you will be supporting all school activities both in the classroom and in any extended provision.
- Wage
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£12,955.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
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This role is term time only and therefore the advertised salary is pro-rata based on the term-time only nature of this role.
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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8.30am to 3.30pm, term time only.
32 hours 30 minutes 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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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
Duties will include:
- Assisting the class teacher with classroom management
- Supporting learning activities as guided by the class teacher
- Provide a safe, secure and welcoming environment for the children and their families
- Willingness to be involved
- Implementing and delivering the curriculum
- Contributing to planning
- Ensuring that the children’s needs are met by offering structure, care and stability
- Working in partnership with other team members
- Respecting the confidentiality and privacy of information
Where you’ll work
Wedmore First School Academy
Blackford Road
Wedmore
Somerset
BS28 4BS
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
SOMERSET SKILLS & LEARNING CIC
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
- Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Standard
- Functional Skills in English and maths Level 2 if required
- End Point Assessment: practical workplace observation; Q&A session; professional discussion
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- English and maths (grade A*-C/9-4)
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
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Early Years experience
Other requirements
You need to consider transport to and from Employer and Training venues. You will be required to undertake an enhanced DBS check performed by the employer.
About this company
On the 1st September 2016, we became part of a multi academy trust known as the Wessex Learning Trust. The trust comprises 16 schools within the Cheddar Valley geographic area. Our philosophy at Wedmore Academy First School is simple - to provide children with a safe, secure and happy learning experience. Working alongside pupils, their parents and carers, we not only seek to give our children a sound educational grounding, but to stimulate and challenge them and enhance their self-confidence. We value the whole child and it is important to us that our children learn self worth and feel secure in the belief that what they feel matters, what they say is heard and that what they do has consequences for themselves and the people with whom they live, learn and work. We teach each child to value and respect the views and rights of others in the school and in the wider community with which we maintain close links.
After this apprenticeship
- Successful completion of the apprenticeship can lead to progression onto the Teaching Foundation Degree.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SOMERSET SKILLS & LEARNING CIC
Philippa Bancroft
pbancroft@sslcic.co.uk
07917 923622
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000313288.
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Closes in 16 days (Tuesday 6 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
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