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Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship (SEND Pathway) Lordship Lane Primary School
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Role Overview
Your role will be to support teachers with classroom practice and pupils in their academic, social, and emotional learning. You will be committed to providing the best opportunities for our rewarding but sometimes challenging group of learners and ensuring every child is supported to achieve their full potential.
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What You’ll Do at Work
- Support pupils with EHCPs and challenging behaviour in class
- Plan and run school supported interventions with individuals or groups
- Adapt support according to individual needs
- Look after children's physical, social, and emotional welfare
- Create a stimulating environment
- Keep records and attend review meetings
- Work with professionals such as speech and language therapists and educational psychologist
- Provide a safe and healthy environment and follow safeguarding procedures
- Work with class teachers to raise the learning and attainment of pupils
- Promote pupils’ independence, self-esteem, and social inclusion
- Give support to pupils, individually or in groups, so they can access the curriculum, take part in learning, and experience a sense of achievement
- Support with planning, preparation, and resourcing for lessons
- Support the pastoral team with wellbeing and behaviour
- Attend school training sessions and take ownership of professional development
- Cover for any absent teaching assistant colleagues and undertake any duties assigned by SLT consistent with the aims of the post
- Help maintain a high-quality learning environment
- Supervise lunch and play with pupils if needed, ensuring a high standard of behaviour at all times
- Manage and treat basic first aid to pupils in line with school procedures
Requirements
- Experienced working with students who have special educational needs
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to build relationships with a range of stakeholders
- Proactive in supporting adaptations within the learning environment
- Ability to prioritise workload and meet deadlines
- Excellent organisational and IT skills
- Exceptional communication and engagement skills
Where You'll Work
Ellenborough Road
London
N22 5PS
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training Provider
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LET ME PLAY LIMITED
Training Course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
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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.
- 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
- 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
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Desirable Qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English (grade 4–9 (A*–C))
- Maths (grade 4–9 (A*–C))
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Other Requirements
- Pre-employment checks
- Upon a successful offer of employment, the company completes digitalised right-to-work checks and DBS applications via an external provider – 'Matrix Screening'
- The company also completes an internal online social media search, in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education guidance
About This Employer
Inspire ATA is an official Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, licensed by the Department for Education. Currently ranked 1st in the Rate My Apprenticeship Top 100 Apprenticeship Employers in the UK Award 2024-2025. Inspire ATA specialises in creating apprenticeship opportunities, where we recruit and employ the apprentice on behalf of our host clients, enabling us to offer additional support and a better experience for both the apprentice and the client as the experts in the industry. We arrange the most suitable and appropriate apprenticeship training from one of our partnered training providers. If you are successful in securing an apprenticeship with Inspire ATA, it is important to understand that Inspire ATA will be your employer and the apprenticeship placement will be a separate organisation that simply hosts you as an apprentice. As a Flexi-Job Apprenticeship Agency, Inspire ATA performs an important role in developing the UK labour market and it is our responsibility to ensure that talent is recognised, developed, and matched with business needs, whatever the background of the individual, irrespective of gender, race, disability, age, religion or belief, relationship orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, and gender reassignment. We are proud of the diverse nature of our business and work with clients to ensure that all candidates are treated with courtesy and respect.
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- Possible career progression for the right candidate after the apprenticeship
Contact Information
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000042206.
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