Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship
Queens Drive Infant School
Peterborough (PE1 2UU)
Closes in 30 days (Friday 30 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 28 April 2025
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Summary
Peterborough is a thriving, diverse city and Queens Drive Infants School reflects this - the school caters to 4 to 7 years old and currently has over 230 students enrolled. You will be required to support teachers in lessons and help children in their learning; this includes supporting at playtime and transition times.
- Wage
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£12,759.50 to £20,634.90, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday 8.30am - 3.30pm with 30minutes lunchbreak (term-time only)
32 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Tuesday 9 September 2025
- Duration
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1 year 9 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
Support children aged between 4-7years including those with SEND or EAL, overseen by class teacher
Support in Reading, Writing and Maths, hearing children read, supporting across other areas and PE
Helping with transitions such as home time, playtime etc.
Provide help with personal care e.g. nappy changing if required
Support play activities outside at lunchtime
Where you’ll work
Queens Drive West
Peterborough
PE1 2UU
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
INSPIRE EDUCATION GROUP
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 majority of the training will take place within the workplace; however, there is a mandatory college attendance day of 1 day per month, where the learner will complete work set by an assessor and have the opportunity to network with other learners on the same course.
More training information
Upon completion of the apprenticeship, you will be awarded the Teaching Assistant Level 3 certificate, which is graded via an End Point Assessment.
Subject to the agreement of the employer (as it will be at their cost), there is an opportunity to study for an NCFE Level 3 Diploma in Supporting Teaching and Learning alongside the apprenticeship.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English Literature and/or Language (grade C or above)
- Mathematics (grade C or above)
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
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Acceptable standard of English
- Acceptable standard of Maths
About this company
Queen's Drive is a caring and welcoming community with hard-working and dedicated staff and delightful children. We aim to provide the best opportunities we can for each and every child.
After this apprenticeship
This could lead to a permanent TA role in school in the future.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
INSPIRE EDUCATION GROUP
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000317313.
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Closes in 30 days (Friday 30 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
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