Apprentice Teaching Assistant

About this opportunity

A wonderful opportunity for someone looking to start or develop their career in education. Buckstones Primary School is recruiting for a Level 3 Apprentice Teaching Assistant.

Key Tasks:
Support for pupils
• Establish rapport and respectful, trusting relationships with pupils, acting as a role model and setting high expectations.
• Support pupils consistently whilst recognising and responding to their individual needs.
• Promote inclusion and acceptance of all pupils in the classroom by encouraging them to interact with each other and to engage in activities led by the teacher.
• Assist pupils, including those with special needs, to access learning activities through your knowledge of the curriculum and knowledge of learning skills.
• Ensure pupils’ safety, welfare and personal hygiene.
• Promote self-esteem and independence and employ strategies to recognise and reward achievement and self-reliance.

Support for teachers
• Promote positive values, attitudes and good pupil behaviour. Deal promptly with conflicts and incidents while encouraging pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour, in line with established school policies.
• Implement agreed learning activities/teaching programmes with advice from a teacher, adjusting activities according to pupil learning styles and individual needs.
• Monitor and evaluate pupils’ responses to learning activities through observation and planned recording of achievement against pre-determined learning objectives.
• Collate pupil reports in liaison with the teacher, inputting data as required.
• Support the effective use of ICT in learning activities and develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use.
• Create and maintain an appropriate learning environment in liaison with the teacher.
• Assist with the display of children’s work.
• Provide clerical support for teachers e.g. photocopying, filing, record keeping, collecting money, checking deliveries and placing goods in stock, production of resources.

At the end of your apprenticeship, you will achieve the nationally recognised Supporting Teaching and Learning qualification, as well as valuable work experience that will provide you with the best chance possible of being offered a full-time Teaching Assistant position.

A newly qualified Teaching Assistant can earn between £14,000 and £21,000 per annum.

How you will be supported
Full training and support will be provided by NST part of The Growth Company to help you achieve your apprenticeship and reach your full potential in your role.

What will happen next
New applicants to NST part of The Growth Company who meet any basic entry requirements of the role will be contacted within two working days.

You will then have the opportunity to find out:
• More about this vacancy and any others you are suitable for
• Any training you need to complete
• What the next steps will be

What you should have to apply

Maths & English GCSE at grades A-C/9-4 or equivalent (certificates will be checked at interview stage)

Personal Qualities

• Reliable
• Confident
• Team player
• Responsible
• Enthusiastic
• Good time management

Skills

• Willing and able to complete all learning and assessment requirements of the relevant framework
• Able to establish good working relationships with staff, pupil’s parents and outside agencies
• Good communicator
• Organised
• Patient
• Ability to understand the importance of safeguarding in schools
• Good IT skills