Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship - Rufford Primary School
Rufford Primary School
West Midlands, DY9 7NR
Closes in 11 days (Monday 16 December at 11:59pm)
Posted on 2 December 2024
Contents
Summary
We are seeking a dedicated and flexible Classroom Teaching Assistant to join our team. In this role, you will provide a caring and supportive learning environment that empowers pupils to reach their full potential. You will support individual and group learning plans.
- Annual wage
- £10,816 a year
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 8:30am - 3:30pm (Term time only - 38-40 weeks a year).
32 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 6 January
- 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
- Contribute to Individual Learning Plans (ILPs) and support their implementation.
- Assist pupils with bilingual/multilingual needs in accessing the curriculum.
- Provide specialist support to pupils with communication and interaction difficulties, such as speech and language delays, dyslexia, and dyspraxia.
- Support pupils with sensory or physical impairments by helping develop and implement structured learning plans.
- Encourage and assist pupils with cognition and learning difficulties to engage with learning activities, modifying tasks as needed.
- Support behaviour management for pupils with social, emotional, and behavioural challenges by helping develop strategies and responding to incidents.
- Provide feedback to pupils on their progress and development.
- Act as a role model by establishing productive relationships with pupils and setting high expectations.
- Promote pupil independence and self-reliance through recognition and rewards.
- Offer pastoral support and 1:1 mentoring for pupils in distress.
- Supervise pupils excluded from regular timetables or during out-of-school activities.
- Gather and share pupil information with feeder schools, external agencies, or other relevant bodies.
- Assist in planning and evaluating curriculum activities, including creating worksheets and administering coursework.
- Provide emergency class or group supervision during short-term teacher absences, under the Headteacher’s direction.
- Comply with and support school policies on child protection, health and safety, confidentiality, and equal opportunities.
Where you’ll work
Bredon Avenue
Stourbridge
West Midlands
DY9 7NR
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
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
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
- Work towards your Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification (all learning is delivered online/ remote).
- Training Provider: LMP Education (rated as the best UK training provider).
- Training schedule has yet to be agreed. Details will be made available at a later date.
Requirements
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
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
About this company
At Rufford, our vision is: For every child, without exception, to be proud of who they are, to leave our school well-prepared for the next stage of their education and to have the knowledge and skills needed to thrive in our modern world. Our staff are dedicated to delivering this vision every day. We know that strong and effective partnership with parents and carers is an essential ingredient for our school. Our aim is to foster a culture of partnership with parents and carers, with other schools within Invictus Education Trust, and with the wider community. These partnerships will help ensure that our whole school community feel confident and secure that Rufford will go from strength to strength. Our Rufford Route of visits, visitors and experiences ensures our children develop their character, values and understanding of the world alongside their academic learning. Invictus Education Trust are committed and ambitious in their support for our school and provide an excellent contribution in terms of their time and professional expertise. Our staff are a hard-working and dedicated team who are building a strong learning community; balancing high expectations with a range of systems and routines to nurture positive attitudes to learning amongst the children. We are building a culture where our children have a strong voice and know that their opinions are heard and valued.
After this apprenticeship
- Full-time role to be considered upon completion of the apprenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
Owen MacKinnon
owen.mackinnon@lmpeducation.org
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000289986.
Apply now
Closes in 11 days (Monday 16 December at 11:59pm)
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