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Specialist Curriculum Support Apprentice (Sport, Food and Creative Technology Dept.)
This role will be based within our Sport, Food and Creative Technology departments. The work involves supporting children individually, in groups or as a whole class in school. You will engage with students across a range of abilities and undertake duties that support the teacher, such as preparing lesson resources and spaces.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
Relationships:
- Promote the organisation’s ethos, including diversity, inclusion, equality, and challenging stereotypes, bullying, or harassment
- Build effective working relationships with your line manager and team to ensure smooth practical/technical support
- Implement safeguarding and safe practice (including online safety) while maintaining confidentiality
- Work collaboratively with teachers, SENDCo, external advisors, and parents/carers to support learners
- Maintain positive relationships with external providers, contractors, and suppliers
- Establish professional relationships with students and offer practical/technical assistance
- Communicate professionally with all stakeholders across various communication methods
- Liaise with site staff regarding equipment setup/movement as required
- Collaborate with Technicians across the academy/federation to share best practice and improve provision
People Management:
- Provide technical and practical advice to staff and students; demonstrate equipment use when required
- Support classroom activities by demonstrating safe use of resources, machinery, and equipment
- Understand learner needs and apply strategies to help them achieve learning goals
- Promote engagement and foster independent learning behaviours
- Build positive learner relationships and uphold the school’s behaviour policy
- Support learners’ social, emotional, and mental wellbeing, in line with policies
- Deliver individual or small‑group teaching within agreed parameters alongside teaching staff
- Support assessment and planning through monitoring, recording, and reporting learner outcomes
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Resource Management:
- Prepare curriculum resources (e.g., food prep, apparatus setup, risk assessment review) for lessons, networks, CPD days, and events
- Set up and clear away resources for practical activities
- Develop skills in the safe storage and handling of materials, equipment, and specialised resources
Training provider
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND STROUD COLLEGE
Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
What you'll learn
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.
Training schedule
- Teaching Assistant Level 3
- The apprentice will attend the FIlton Campus of SGS College for their learning which will be on a weekly basis, term time only
More training information
SGS College will support apprentices to develop the full range of knowledge, skills and behaviours required for the Standard.
Apprentices will receive comprehensive guidance to build their portfolio, and the College will also facilitate completion of a Paediatric First Aid qualification.
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4 and above)
- Maths (grade 4 and above)
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Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Customer care 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.
King's Oak Academy is an all-through academy located on Brook Road in Kingswood, Bristol. It serves students from Reception (age 4) through to Year 11 (age 16) and is a member of the Cabot Learning Federation (CLF).
https://kingsoakacademy.clf.uk/ (opens in new tab)
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
After a Teaching Assistant apprenticeship, you can typically progress through these stages:
Senior Support:
- Become a Higher-Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) to lead classes or a Senior TA to manage staff
Specialisation:
- Move into SEN support, Pastoral care, or Learning Mentor roles
Teacher Training:
- Use your experience to enter a Teacher Degree Apprenticeship or a PGCE route to gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS)
Completion of the apprenticeship program does not automatically lead to continued employment.
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE AND STROUD COLLEGE
Elaine Baillie
elaine.baillie@sgscol.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000042051.
Closes in 10 days (Thursday 30 July 2026 at 11:59pm)
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