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Brewster Avenue Infant and Nursery School are looking to appoint two ambitious, hardworking, and enthusiastic Teaching Assistants to join our friendly team. The successful candidates will work within a classroom team to support the learning and development of our diverse, curious, and enthusiastic children.
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
This is an exciting opportunity to join the team at Brewster Avenue Infant School. The role will include:
- Working with the class team to create a secure, happy, and safe environment and assisting in keeping the environment clean and tidy
- Playing and interacting with the children to support their learning and development
- Working with small groups or individual children, including those with special educational needs, delivering class work or interventions
- Developing and maintaining effective relationships with other staff, parents, and carers
- Observing pupils and feeding back to the class teacher about learning to inform assessments
- Care routines such as nappy changing, handwashing, supporting snack, and lunchtimes
- Being aware of, and complying with, policies and procedures, e.g., child protection, online safety, health and safety, confidentiality, and data protection, reporting all concerns to an appropriate person
- Accompanying pupils on visits, trips, and out-of-school activities as required
- Attending relevant meetings and training
Where you'll work
Brewster Avenue Infant School
Brewster Avenue
Woodston
Peterborough
PE2 8BB
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
INSPIRE EDUCATION GROUP
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.
Training schedule
After completing the induction day at Peterborough College campus, the apprentices will be required to attend a mandatory college-based learning day on a Wednesday every 3 weeks.
Essential qualifications
- GCSE in:
- English Literature and/or Language (grade C/4 or above)
- Mathematics (grade C/4 or above)
Desirable qualifications
- Functional Skills in:
- English at Level 2 (grade Pass)
- Mathematics at Level 2 (grade Pass)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Other requirements
Applicants MUST have achieved GCSE's in English and Maths at grade 4/c or above OR the Functional Skills equivalent at Level 2 prior to the start of the apprenticeship.
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All applicants will be required to complete mandatory onboarding assessments, which will consist of some online English and Maths assessments and an interview, which may take place in person or over the phone.
Please ensure that you complete the application in full, including the supplementary questions, and proofread before submission, as applications with spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors will be automatically rejected for short-listing.
About this employer
Brewster Avenue Infants is a 2-form entry infant school, with a 26-place maintained nursery. We currently have two hundred children from the ages of 3 to 7 attend our school.
Our motto is “Learning together, growing together,” and our primary aim is to work together to ensure every pupil achieves and learns to their potential in all areas of school life, within a happy, secure, exciting, and challenging environment. We value a broad and balanced education and ensure that all children access not only academic, but creative and physical areas of the curriculum both within the school building and outside in our fantastic grounds.
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After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Upon successful completion of this apprenticeship, you will be qualified as a Level 3 Teaching Assistant and will be able to apply for roles requiring this qualification.
There is no guarantee of a job at the end of the apprenticeship, but there may be positions available, depending on the needs of the school at the time of the course completion.
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The contact for this apprenticeship is:
INSPIRE EDUCATION GROUP
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000051497.
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