Teaching Assistant Apprentice
30 Hours per week (8.45am – 3.15pm Monday to Friday)
£124.50 per week
As a teaching assistant you would support teachers and help children with their educational and social development, both in and out of the classroom.
Job roles will include:
- Working within the lower school full-time as a Teaching Assistant
- Supporting pupils with additional learning needs (ALN)
- Supporting pupils with their numeracy
- Supporting pupils with their literacy
- Supporting pupils with their ICT skills
- Be involved in displays and preparing resources
- Helping children who need extra support to complete tasks
- Understand the safeguarding and Engagement and Relationships policy and their role within these policies.
- Working with children aged 4 to 11 years
- Supporting a teacher in various roles within the classroom
Ability to conduct yourself in a professional manner at all times whilst working in schools
- Desire to be a positive role model to young people
- Any previous experience working with children
- Any previous experience with special educational needs (SEN)
- Strong English & Mathematics
- Communicational skills relevant to both children and adults
- Competent skills in numeracy, literacy and ICT
- Ability to self-manage and organise own time
- Personal qualities
- Reliable
- Smart appearance
- Professional attitude
- A level of maturity with working in a school environment will be required
- Ambitious and hard working
Essential Criteria:
- An eagerness to learn more about becoming a Teaching Assistant
- A passion for working with children
- Possess relevant qualities including patience and communication
- Ability to show professionalism at all times
Ability to listen and learn from more experienced staff
GCSE English – C *
GCSE Maths – C*
*Desirable. (successful candidate would need to achieve this in the time frame of the apprenticeship)
