Learning Support Assistant Apprentice
Warwickshire County Council
Rugby (CV23 0RA)
Closes in 14 days (Friday 20 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 22 May 2025
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Summary
The candidate will be able to relate well to children and adults, have good communication and listening skills and be able to take direction but also take initiative when required.
- Wage
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£12,955.80 for your first year, then could increase depending on your age
National Minimum Wage rate for apprentices
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Shifts to be confirmed
32 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 1 September 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
- Carry out appropriate activities as planned, either with small groups or individuals - e.g. promoting increased attention and staying on task, helping with physical difficulties whilst encouraging independence
- Support pupils in accessing the curriculum (and with young pupils, extend play based learning)
- Provide for physical care of pupils, including lifting, interactive communication, supervision
- Assist and support pupils with personal care – eg changing, toileting, showering, washing, dressing, undressing, care of clothes, personal hygiene
- Assist with pupil supervision – eg on arrival/leaving the class, at breaktime and lunchtime (when required)
- Accompany pupils as directed, eg out of the classroom, on visits, trips and out of school activities
- Deal with minor accidents, upsets
Where you'll work
Brockhurst Lane
Monks Kirby
Rugby
CV23 0RA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
HEART OF ENGLAND TRAINING 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
Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship Standard:
- The apprentices will recieve all training on the job within the workplace
- They will also have an assigned Educator from Heart of England Training who they will meet with via teams regualrly
- There will also be remote day courses to attend
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE 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
- Administrative skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Other requirements
A DBS will need to be completed.
About this company
The Revel C Of E Primary School is a welcoming establishment located at Brockhurst Lane in Monks Kirby, UK, offering quality primary education and a safe learning environment.
After this apprenticeship
- Possibly permanent position as LSA once qualified
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
HEART OF ENGLAND TRAINING LIMITED
Louisa Barby
Apprenticeshiprecruitment@hoet.co.uk
01788568425
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000322290.
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Closes in 14 days (Friday 20 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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