Teaching Assistant SEND Level 3 Apprenticeship - Linwood Campus
Linwood School
Bournemouth (BH9 1AJ)
Closes in 29 days (Friday 15 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 17 July 2025
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Summary
We are seeking an enthusiastic individual who is seeking employment as a Teaching Assistant to join the Springwood Campus. If you are interested in joining our team, please apply now!
- Wage
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£14,649 a year
- Training course
- Teaching assistant (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, 8:45am – 3:30pm, Term-time only
30 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 3 November 2025
- Duration
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1 year 4 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
You will provide focussed support for pupils with additional learning needs as agreed by the teacher and other professionals and establish positive working relationships with all pupils. As a Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship you will assist the pupils to achieve by maintaining a safe working environment with due regard to the needs of individual pupils and school policies.
Your day to day duties will include:
- Set out learning resources and materials in order that individual pupils have the necessary aids and resources to enable them to fully participate.
- Assist pupils with the learning activities, seeking assistance from the teacher where there are difficulties and provide feedback/information to the teacher on how the activity went.
- Assist pupils with activities that develop communication, literacy, numeracy and ICT skills taking Personalised Learning Plans into account.
- Provide support to individuals and small groups in achieving learning objectives.
- Assist and encourage the pupils to remain on task.
- Clean and tidy equipment, reporting any damages/loss.
- Support individuals and small groups with activities beyond the classroom environment (e.g. use of the sensory room, shopping trips).
- Escort and supervise pupils with out of school activities taking into account that breaks may not conform to the usual school pattern on such days.
- Work within an established behaviour policy to manage behaviour constructively and be a good role model for all pupils and staff.
- Support pupils’ emotional and social development.
- Provide personal care for pupils across a wide age range in line with school policy and following individual care plans.
- Implement therapy programmes, e.g. physiotherapy, occupational therapy, sensory diets, speech and language therapy.
- Provide appropriate medical treatment following individual care plans. including applying creams, administering medication, changing colostomy bags and other specialist care as appropriate to individual needs, including advice on menstrual issues.
Where you'll work
Alma Road
Bournemouth
BH9 1AJ
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
Apprenticeship Details - 16 months expected duration to complete, working towards your Level 3 Business Administration (School Administrator) Qualification. Functional Skills in English and maths included if required. (All learning is delivered online/ remote).
Training Provider: LMP Education (rated 1st best UK training provider)
More training information
No classroom or college days
Requirements
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
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
- Creative
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
About this company
Linwood School has 7 campuses and range from EYFS to post 16. Our students come to Linwood for various reasons, supporting a comprehensive range of special Educational Needs and Disabilities, but all of them have an EHCP.
After this apprenticeship
Completion of the level 3 qualification and potentially full time employment
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
LET ME PLAY LIMITED
MISS CHARLIE SEAMAN
charlie.seaman@lmpeducation.org
02038364440
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000332069.
Apply now
Closes in 29 days (Friday 15 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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