Teaching Assistant Apprentice (Term Time Only)

PRIORY PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL CIC

DUDLEY (DY1 3JY)

Closes in 20 days (Sunday 13 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 23 June 2025

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Summary

To provide learning and care support for pupils with special educational needs (SEN). This will involve working with the teacher to plan and deliver activities and supporting pupils with routines, transitions and behaviour management.

Wage

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

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Please note that this is a TERM TIME ONLY position - you will not be required to attend work when the school is closed. Wages will be paid on a pro rata basis.

Training course
Teaching assistant (level 3)
Hours
Working week: Monday - Friday. Start: 8:45am. Finish: 2:45pm.

30 hours a week

Start date

Thursday 4 September 2025

Duration

1 year 6 months

Positions available

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 Pupils

  • Build positive relationships with pupils, promoting high self-esteem and independence
  • Adapt communication style to respond to pupils according to their individual needs
  • Support pupils with their social, emotional, and mental health needs, escalating concerns where appropriate
  • Promote high standards of behaviour, responding to incidents in line with the school’s behaviour policy and guidelines on physical intervention

Teaching and Learning

  • Support the teaching of a broad and balanced curriculum aimed at pupils achieving their full potential in all areas of learning
  • Use ICT skills to advance pupils’ learning 
  • Through observations, provide regular feedback to teachers on pupil progress, attainment and barriers to learning
  • Support class teachers with maintaining good order and discipline among pupils, managing behaviour effectively to ensure a good and safe learning environment
  • Monitor, record and report on progress and attainment
  • Contribute to the overall ethos, aims and work of the school

Working with staff, parents/carers and relevant professionals

  • Communicate effectively with parents and carers under the direction of teachers
  • Contribute to meetings with parents and carers by providing feedback on pupil progress, attainment and barriers to learning, as directed by teachers
  • Collaborate and work with colleagues and other relevant professionals within and beyond the school
  • Develop effective professional relationships with colleagues

Professional Development

  • Help keep their own knowledge and understanding relevant and up-to-date by reflecting on their own practice, liaising with school leaders, and identifying relevant professional development to improve personal effectiveness
  • Take opportunities to build the appropriate skills, qualifications, and/or experience needed for the role, with support from the school
  • Take part in the school’s appraisal procedures

Other areas of responsibility:

Safeguarding

  • Work in line with statutory safeguarding guidance (e.g. Keeping Children Safe in Education, Prevent) and our safeguarding and child protection policies
  • Promote the safeguarding of all pupils in the school

Please note, this is illustrative of the general nature and level of responsibility of the role. It is not a comprehensive list of all tasks that the post holder will carry out. The post holder may be required to do other duties appropriate to the level of the role, as directed by the headteacher or line manager.

Where you'll work

PRIORY PARK COMMUNITY SCHOOL
WRENS NEST ESTATE
DUDLEY
DY1 3JY

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

DUDLEY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

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 Standard Apprenticeship.

Functional Skills in maths and English if required.

Full training will be provided on an ongoing daily basis and when required. You will be working towards a NVQ qualification. An assessor will be allocated to you to progress/help you through you course. Continual assessment for NVQ’s coupled with assignments/or exams depending on course of study. There will be a one-off visit required to Dudley College to attend an Initial Assessment Day.  Therefafter, no college attendance is required, your course will be delivered to you in your workplace.

Time spent training will be part of the agreed contracted hours of the working week. At the end of your training you will sit an exam and submit course work as part of your assessment, and you will receive a Level 3 qualification.

More training information

The school will provide training for First Aid and Team Teach.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

Maths & English Language (grade C/4 or above)

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
  • Patience
  • Active listening skills

Other requirements

Ideally candidate would have:- The ability to build effective working relationships with pupils and adults. Subject and curriculum knowledge relevant to the role, and ability to apply this effectively in supporting teachers and pupils. Be flexible in their approach to daily routines. The ability to remain calm in stressful situations. Knowledge of guidance and requirements around safeguarding children. Please note that this is a TERM TIME ONLY position - you will not be required to attend work when the school is closed. Wages will be paid on a pro rata basis.

About this company

Priory Park Community School is an alternative provision independent school in the Wren’s Nest area of Dudley to provide support for young people with social, emotional and mental health difficulties or who are at significant risk of permanent exclusion from mainstream school. The community focussed school is unique to the borough, offering a broad and balanced core curriculum but also focussing on mentoring through sporting activities.

https://www.prioryparkschool.co.uk (opens in new tab)

After this apprenticeship

Potential full-time Teaching Assistant post.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

DUDLEY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

Julie Perks

julie.perks@dudleycol.ac.uk

01384 363314

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000327551.

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Closes in 20 days (Sunday 13 July 2025 at 11:59pm)

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