Teaching Assistant Apprentice - Beaufort Community Primary School
ODYSSEY COLLABORATIVE TRUST
Derby, DE21 6BT
Closes on Thursday 9 January
Posted on 20 November 2024
Contents
Summary
We are looking for a candidate who will strengthen the team, who has good communication skills and will have our children’s best interests at heart. At Beaufort our values are based on our ‘BRAVE’ Curriculum: Brilliant Beaufort Minds, Relationships, Amazing Attitudes, Vocabulary, Everybody.
- Annual wage
- £12,313.60 a year
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday between 8.30am - 3.30pm.
37 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 24 February
- Duration
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1 year 6 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
- Supporting the running of the Nursery/EYFS Unit; assisting with intimate care (inc nappy changing)
- Supporting and observing continuous provision
- Forest school
Where you’ll work
23 Hampshire Road
Derby
DE21 6BT
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
THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST
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
- 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
More training information
- You will work towards the completion of a Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Standard Level 3
- Training will be delivered face to face, online and through webinars
- The school will provide in house training
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4 or above)
- Maths (grade C/4 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
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care skills
- Problem solving skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Interviews are expected to take place on 15th or 16th January (all day) If you would like to have a tour of our school, please contact the school to arrange a suitable time and date.
About this company
At Beaufort Primary School our vision is for every child to become a successful, independent, resilient, lifelong learner and a responsible member of the community, who can achieve and grow in a nurturing and creative environment prepared for our ever-changing world. The strong sense of a learning community; working together and caring about each other, is felt throughout the school and leads to a commitment by all members to recognise the importance of having a positive impact on their school, local community and beyond. The aims provide the overall direction in which Beaufort Primary School wishes to move and provide the essential context within which our school vision can develop the curriculum and the ethos of the school can be achieved. They are built on the values and vision and summarise how the vision can be realised. We develop positive learning relationships with our children and recognise the importance of this. We are proud of our children, staff and school.
After this apprenticeship
- Possibility of position offered after apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE SPENCER ACADEMIES TRUST
Holly Hassall
h.hassall@beaufort.odysseyct.org.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000288377.
Apply now
Closes on Thursday 9 January
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