Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship - Oasis Long Cross
OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING
Bristol (BS11 0LP)
Closes in 19 days (Tuesday 20 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 28 April 2025
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Summary
To provide a higher level of learning support to children, either on an individual or group basis. Undertake the direct learning of larger groups of pupils or a whole class for longer periods of time during teaching sessions to achieve progress in learning, this may include pupils who have special educational needs.
- Wage
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£13,741 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
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- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday - 8.15am to 3.45pm.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Wednesday 21 May 2025
- Duration
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1 year 6 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you’ll do at work
Supporting Children’s Learning
Plan and teach resources and assess pupils progress in learning, this may include:
- Modelling learning as directed by the class teacher
- Making significant judgments/assessments to learning activities to make them accessible for all pupils
- Lead on intervention programs, as selected by the Resource Base Lead
- Making significant decisions, advising or offering feedback, about the direction of a pupil’s learning, sometimes independently from the class teacher. This includes making significant alterations to learning activities to make them accessible for pupils
- Provide whole-class organisation and resourcing
- Providing feedback, usually verbal, to pupils during learning episodes about the quality of their learning, saying what they have done well and what they need to improve
- Communicating pupils’ achievements to the class teacher, this may be in written form, i.e. notes on plans
- Supervising children at break times, on a rota
Where you’ll work
Long Cross
Lawrence Weston
Bristol
BS11 0LP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
Your training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
Equal to A level
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.
Your training plan
- Level 3 Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship Standard
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- Maths and English (grade 4/C and above or Level 2)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Administrative skills
- Analytical skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
Please note you will be working with children with SEN who may be non verbal so you will need to be comfortable with that!
About this company
Oasis Academy Long Cross is an inclusive Nursery and Primary School for children aged between 3 and 11 situated in North Bristol. We are committed to delivering first class-education and playing an active role in the local community.
After this apprenticeship
Possible full-time employment upon completion of the appenticeship.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
Horiya
horiya.haji@lmpeducation.org
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000317434.
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Closes in 19 days (Tuesday 20 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
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