Apprentice High School Teaching Support Assistant Level 3
The Albion Academy
Manchester (M6 6QT)
Closes in 22 days (Friday 30 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 7 May 2025
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Summary
The Albion Academy are seeking 4 x Teaching Assistants to join their school community, to assist in the support and integration of children with Special Educational Needs within mainstream school and to work both as part of a team and independently to support the aims of the department within Albion Academy.
- Wage
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£14,918.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
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- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday
Term Time Only
37.5 hours per week
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Thursday 4 September 2025
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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4
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
- Work alongside teaching colleagues in the planning, preparation and delivery of a programme of support for the Student.
- Contribute to the oral and written assessment, recording and reporting on the development, progress and attainment of the Student.
- Participate in meetings at School relevant to the student as requested by teaching colleagues and management.
- Work with professionals as required to support the student.
- Promote the general progress and wellbeing of the student, maintaining order and discipline and safeguarding their health and safety both when on the School premises and when accompanying the child whilst engaged in authorised School activities elsewhere.
- Provide advice and guidance to the student on educational and social matters.
- Communicate and consult regularly with the parents of the student.
- Complete administrative and organisational tasks related to the duties described above.
- Attend all safeguarding training and other training (including INSET) which has a direct relevance to or impact on the student.
- Carry out any other duty as reasonably requested by the School in relation to the student.
Where you'll work
London Street
Salford
Manchester
M6 6QT
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
SALFORD CITY COLLEGE
Your 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.
Your training plan
Training will be in the work place.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade A-C/9-4)
- Maths (grade A-C/9-4)
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
- Organisation skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Patient
Other requirements
This role is based in a high school so you will be working with young people aged 11 - 16 years old.
About this company
Our mission and values drive all we do in the school to ensure the best possible outcomes for children here. They are regularly shared with the school community and celebrated widely with children and adults here. Mission: We are a school community who celebrate inclusivity, ambition and aspirational learners
After this apprenticeship
Full time employment with the academy.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
SALFORD CITY COLLEGE
Sarah Allen
apprenticeships@salfordcc.ac.uk
01616315555
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000319313.
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Closes in 22 days (Friday 30 May 2025 at 11:59pm)
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