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Spring Cottage Primary School is looking for a Teaching Assistant Apprentice!
This rewarding role offers the chance to support teachers in the classroom and help pupils reach their full potential. You will assist with learning activities, provide support to students, and contribute to creating a positive and engaging learning environment.
What you'll do at work
- Support pupils in the classroom to help them achieve their learning goals
- Promote the welfare, safeguarding, and wellbeing of all children
- Assist with pupils’ personal care where required
- Help prepare classrooms, learning resources, and displays
- Encourage pupils’ confidence, independence, and participation in learning
- Support reading, literacy, numeracy, and classroom activities
- Build positive relationships with pupils and act as a positive role model
- Help manage classroom behaviour and maintain a positive learning environment
- Assist with record-keeping and general classroom administration
- Support pupils during break times, clubs, and extracurricular activities
- Follow safeguarding, health and safety, and school policies at all times
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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.
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Training schedule
Level 3 Apprenticeship in Teaching Assistant consisting of:
- Level 3 Apprenticeship in Teaching Assistant
- Level 2 Functional Skills in English (if applicable)
- Level 2 Functional Skills in maths (if applicable)
You will attend a half-day training session with HBTC, where you will develop teaching assistant knowledge and skills, and work towards any required Functional Skills qualifications (where needed). Additional off-the-job training and an End Point Assessment will also form part of the Apprenticeship.
Essential qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Maths (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
About this employer
Spring Cottage Primary School is an outstanding school located in East Hull. They are a caring, compassionate organisation that aims to provide a wonderful education in a safe and welcoming environment. The staff strives to provide a calm and stimulating environment where children are encouraged to explore and discover a range of exciting learning opportunities.
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