Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship - Wightwick Hall

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Wolverhampton (WV6 8DA)

Closes on Monday 30 June 2025

Posted on 12 May 2025

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Summary

We are looking for an enthusiastic and hard working individual, who has a passion for helping supporting the classroom teacher and being involved with children’s academic education. If you are wanting to start a career within the education sector please apply now!

Wage

£11,778 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age

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Increases to National Minimum Wage after 12 months

Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
Hours
Monday - Friday, 08:45 - 15:15 (Tuesday finish 15:30 for training) (term time only)

30 hours 15 minutes a week

Start date

Tuesday 1 July 2025

Duration

1 year 4 months

Positions available

3

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

As an Teaching Assistant Apprentice you will work under the direct instruction of teaching staff, usually in the classroom with the teacher. Providing general support to the teacher in the care of pupils, and management of the classroom.

Your day to day duties with include:

  • Assist children in matters of personal needs and their additional needs including first aid and welfare matters e.g. changing, feeding, using specialist equipment to support students
  • Supervise and support pupils ensuring their safety, by complying with good H&S practice
  • Accompany teaching staff and pupils on visits, trips and out of school activities as required
  • Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher
  • Prepare classroom as directed for lessons, clear afterwards and assist with and maintain displays of pupils’ work, notice boards, shelving systems etc.
  • Undertake routine administrative tasks, e.g. pupil record keeping as requested
  • Support the teacher in managing pupil behaviour, reporting difficulties as appropriate
  • Appropriate liaison with parents on general pupil matters.
  • Promote and safeguard the welfare of children and young persons you are responsible for or come into contact with
  • To comply and engage with people management policies and processes
  • Participate in training and other learning activities and performance development as required

Where you'll work

Tinacre Hill
Wolverhampton
WV6 8DA

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)

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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

  • 16 months expected duration to complete, working towards your Level 3 SEND Teaching Assistant Qualification. (All learning is delivered online/ remote)
  • Functional Skills in English and maths if required
  • Training Provider: LMP Education (rated 8th best UK training provider)

Requirements

Desirable qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 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
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Customer care skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Logical
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

About this company

Our community is built on respect and good manners. We offer our pupils a varied and engaging curriculum which is provided by a dedicated team of enthusiastic and hardworking staff. We are committed to the values and ethos that the Business and Enterprise Education brought to us and Employability and Life Skills remain central to our core purpose.

After this apprenticeship

  • Completion of qualification and hopefully an offer of a permanent position for the right candidate

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LET ME PLAY LIMITED

Charlie Seaman

charlie.seaman@lmpeducation.org

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000320013.

Apply now

Closes on Monday 30 June 2025

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