SEND Apprentice Teaching Assistant
JOSEPH LECKIE ACADEMY TRUST
West Midlands (WS5 4PG)
Closes in 12 days (Thursday 24 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 11 July 2025
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Summary
Throughout this apprenticeship at Joseph Leckie School, you will support SEND students across all key stages to make expected progress through in-class support, small group work, or lesson withdrawal. Help maintain a safe, productive environment and work flexibly in classrooms or the SEND Hub to create positive, inclusive learning experiences.
- Wage
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£10,796.50 to £17,460.30, depending on your age
National Minimum Wage
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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27.5 hours per week, term time only + 5 INSET (Staff Training) days.
Exact hours to be confirmed.
Apprenticeship length may be extended. Minimum length 18 months.
27 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 22 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
Student support:
- Provide dedicated one-to-one care and small group support to meet students’ emotional, physical, and social needs.
- Support learning across all curriculum areas, promoting independence, cooperation, and self-esteem.
- Deliver targeted intervention programs, especially in literacy and numeracy, to improve competence.
- Encourage inclusion and acceptance of all students in classroom activities.
- Support students during lesson withdrawal and in the SEND Hub for tailored learning.
- Assist students in reviewing their progress and setting learning goals.
- Support positive behavior management, dealing promptly with conflicts according to policy.
Support for teachers:
- Assist in planning and differentiating learning materials and activities based on individual student needs and Education Health Care Plans (EHCPs).
- Help prepare and maintain stimulating displays of students’ work to motivate learners.
- Administer routine assessments, invigilate exams, and support marking in line with Academy policies.
- Provide clerical and administrative support such as photocopying, filing, and managing coursework.
- Share relevant information about students to help teachers meet their individual needs.
- Contribute to faculty assessment, recording, and reporting processes, ensuring accurate tracking of progress.
Working within the Academy:
- Maintain a professional attitude, punctuality, and responsibility for time management.
- Collaborate with teaching staff and external professionals to support student welfare.
- Participate in meetings, training sessions, and contribute to the wider school community.
- Support supervision of students outside lesson times, including before/after school and lunchtimes.
- Assist in educational visits and trips under teacher supervision.
- Adhere to and promote the Academy’s safeguarding, health & safety, and first aid policies.
- Identify and report hazards, risks, and safeguarding concerns promptly.
- Take responsibility for own professional development, including completing mandatory training.
- Support the Academy’s ethos, values, and objectives, contributing positively to its overall work.
Where you'll work
Joseph Leckie Academy
Walstead Road West
Walsall
West Midlands
WS5 4PG
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
P.T.P. 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.
- One-to-one tutor support throughout the apprenticeship.
- 15 full-day classroom sessions at PTP Centre.
- One session each month.
The EPA consists of these assessment methods:
- Professional discussion
- Observation & questions
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade C/4 or above)
- Mathematics (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
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Presentation skills
- Number skills
- Logical
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
Other requirements
Joseph Leckie Academy is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and all staff must ensure that the highest priority is given to following the guidance and regulations to safeguard children and young people. All staff are to have due regard for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and to follow the child protection procedures adopted by Joseph Leckie Academy. Any safeguarding or child protection issues must be acted upon immediately by informing the Designated Safeguarding Lead or DDSL.
About this company
Joseph Leckie is an academy with a rich history, high expectations of everyone and a strong foundation upon which to build further. In a competitive and rapidly changing world, we face the future together to secure the best possible outcomes for our young people.
After this apprenticeship
Possible progression into a full time position.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
P.T.P. TRAINING LIMITED
Please contact P.T.P Training.
ptprecruits@ptp-training.co.uk
01922651100
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000330982.
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Closes in 12 days (Thursday 24 July 2025 at 11:59pm)
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