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Summary
The work involves supporting children individually, in groups or as a whole class in schools. You will engage with pupils across a range of abilities and undertake duties that support the teacher, such as preparing the classroom. Some TAs work exclusively with pupils with special educational needs (SEN) or with those with other specific needs.
Annual wage
Competitive
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Salary will be discussed further at Interview
Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
Hours
Monday-Friday, exact hours to be agreed between the apprentice and your manager.
30 hours a week
Possible start date
Monday 01 September
Duration
1 Year 6 Months
Positions available
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
Teaching Assistants work in Primary, Special and Secondary education across all age ranges encompassing special educational needs and emotional vulnerabilities.
The primary role of the Teaching Assistant is to support the class teacher to enhance pupils’ learning either in groups or individually, ensuring pupils understand the work set, know their learning objectives and stay on task in order to make progress.
Promoting self-belief, social inclusion and a high self-esteem play an integral part to pupils’ well-being; ensuring pupils thrive in a positive, nurturing, safe environment.
It is an active role supporting the learner to access the curriculum. They are good role models, act with honesty and integrity, take part in team meetings; contribute to planning and class activities. Promoting Fundamental British Values through spiritual, moral, social and cultural development and positive behaviours are crucial in contributing to improved pupil progress and development.
Job Description of a Teaching Assistant
The duties will depend on your experience and training. Generally, you'll need to:
- Deliver tailored teaching activities to pupils on either a one-to-one basis or in small groups
- Ensure that the pupils you support are able to engage in learning and stay on task during the lesson or activity
- Support the social and emotional development of pupils, reporting any issues when required
- Support the teacher in managing challenging pupil behaviour and promoting positive behaviour
- Listen to pupils read and read to pupils as a class, group or one-to-one
- Guide and monitor pupil progress
- Help with the planning of some lessons
- Provide detailed and regular feedback to teachers on pupils' progress
- Carry out administrative duties, such as preparing classroom resources
- Look after pupils who have had accidents, need help dressing or are upset
- Create art displays of pupils' artwork
- Provide support outside of your normal classes, such as helping during exams, covering TA absences or going on school trips
- Help with extracurricular activity such as breakfast and after-school clubs, homework club, revision sessions or lunchtime duties
- Supervise other support staff
- Coordinate specific areas of teaching support once you have the right level of experience
Where you’ll work
Concorde Drive
Westbury-on-Trym
Bristol
BS10 6NJ
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
South Gloucestershire and Stroud College
Your training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
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Your training plan
SGS College will support apprentices in building their portfolio to cover the knowledge, skills and behaviours of the apprenticeship standard.
On programme learning will be followed by the final End Point Assessment, which includes a practical observation with question and answer, portfolio of evidence submission and a Profession Discussion.
Full time apprentices will spend typically 18 months on-programme working towards the apprenticeship standard, with a minimum of 20% off-the-job training.
Each apprentice will be assigned a dedicated tutor who will support them in completing their Portfolio and preparing for the End Point Assessment.
The Employer, Training Provider (tutor) and the learner will decide when the learner is ready to enter the Apprenticeship Gateway.
The tutor will help prepare the learner to ensure they are confident to complete all components. The tutor will schedule regular 1:1s and complete progress reviews with the apprentice and their Line Manager/Employer at 8 to 12-week intervals.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 and above)
GCSE in:
- Maths (grade 4 and above)
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Customer care skills
- Administrative skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
You will need to pass an enhanced background check (DBS). https://www.gov.uk/criminal-record-checks-apply-role. Due to age ranges of the children you will be working with, this employer is looking to recruit somebody aged 19 plus as you will be supporting 16 year olds.
About this company
BFS is a thriving community secondary school with Sixth Form serving 1250 students and their families. BFS has a unique legacy, being created by the local community to serve the families from Westbury-on-Trym and its locality. BFS is an ambitious school which works to ensure every child makes excellent progress from his or her starting point and experiences a breadth of opportunities which develop the whole person. We want our young people to leave BFS with confidence and a strong belief that they can make the best of their life chances and be positive citizens with a strong moral compass. Success, to us, is a broad statement about the whole person and is linked to knowing oneself and being equipped to thrive in this fast-moving, ever changing world. Community. Ambition. Opportunity
After this apprenticeship
As well as ensuring full competency as a Teaching Assistant, this standard provides a foundation for potential This field is optional. However it is helpful for a candidate to be able to see where the role is progression into a number of career paths in the Educational sector including Higher Level Teaching Assistant, Assistant Teacher and Teacher.