SEND Unit Teaching Assistant Apprentice
Preston Primary School
Stockton On Tees (TS16 0BD)
Closes in 30 days (Sunday 15 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 15 May 2025
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Summary
We are looking for a dedicated, passionate person who cares about making a difference to children’s lives, from the very beginning of their journey. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Preston family as an apprentice in our wonderful Acorns SEND provision. We pride ourselves on giving the very best education to every child within our care.
- Wage
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£13,741 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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Monday to Friday, hours to be confirmed.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 8 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
Supporting Learning & Development
- Support pre-planned learning/behaviour activities as directed by the teacher
- Using agreed structured observation as directed by the class teacher to feedback on learning, behaviour, participation and achievement, to support the planning and evaluation of the learning process in respect of groups and individual children
- Interact with children in ways that support the development of their ability to think and learn, including the use of careful questioning
- Assist teachers in the implementation of appropriate behaviour management and teaching & learning strategies
- Support children in their social and emotional wellbeing in implementing related programmes, including social, health and physical needs
- Assist in escorting and supervising children on educational visits and out of school activities
- Undertake break supervision as required
- Provide specialist care and support to children with medical needs, including intimate care and planned therapeutic interventions
Communication:
- Establish rapport and respectful, trusting relationships and communicate effectively with children, their families and carers, and other agencies/professionals
- Communicate effectively with all children, families, carers and other agencies/professionals
Sharing Information:
- Share information confidentially about children with teachers and other professional as required
- Pay due regard to professional boundaries, maintaining appropriate levels of confidentiality
- Participate in staff meetings
- Safeguarding and Promoting the Welfare of Children/Young People
- Carry out tasks associated with children’ personal hygiene, (including personal intimate care) and welfare, including physical and medical needs, whilst encouraging independence
- Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of children in line with policy and legislation, raising concerns as appropriate
Administration/Other:
- Prepare classroom materials and learning areas and undertake minor clerical duties e.g. photocopying and displaying children’s work
- Support the use of ICT and adhere to relevant policies
- Participate in appraisal, training and other learning activities
- To comply with the Lingfield Education Trust’s policies and supporting documentation in relation to GDPR
- Be aware of and implement your health and safety responsibilities as an employee and where appropriate any additional specialist or managerial health and safety responsibilities as defined in the Health and Safety policy and procedure
- Work with colleagues and others to maintain health, safety and welfare within the working environment
- Promote inclusion and acceptance of all children within own area of responsibility work in accordance with the aims of the Equality Policy, treating individuals with respect for their diversity, culture and values
Where you'll work
Preston Primary School
Laurel Road
Stockton On Tees
TS16 0BD
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
College or training organisation
THE EDUCATION TRAINING COLLECTIVE
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
- Level 3 Teaching Assistant at Stockton Riverside College
- Functional skills maths & English, if required
More training information
This will be one day a week at Stockton Riverside College
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade A*-C/9-4)
- Maths (grade A*-C/9-4)
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
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Desire to make a difference
- Passion for working with kids
- Friendly and approachable
- Calm approach
- Emotional resilience
- Able to use authority
- Motivated
- Able to build relationships
Other requirements
Please note that successful applicants will be required to comply with all school policies, including the no smoking policy. This role will require supporting children with significant high needs.
About this company
We welcome all children and celebrate our diversity. We aim to provide the best possible support to enable every child within the school to reach their potential, whatever their ability. We are an ‘open school’, where you as parents are encouraged to support us as professionals in what we do and consequently make the school a happy and successful place for your child to flourish. As teachers we fundamentally believe that a supportive partnership between home and school will ensure the best rewards for your child’s future, both academically and socially, in an atmosphere of shared responsibility. We look forward to your child joining our school in the knowledge that they will be cared for and offered opportunities to develop their skills in a friendly, happy and educationally challenging atmosphere. Each school is different and unique in its own special way. At Preston Primary we have five golden threads that run through all we do as a school. These five elements are explained below, however if you would like to come and see what this looks like embedded within our school, please do make an appointment to come and look around. We look forward to welcoming you to a school that doesn’t just educate, it cares.
After this apprenticeship
- An opportunity for a full-time position at the end of the apprenticeship
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE EDUCATION TRAINING COLLECTIVE
Anna Reeves
anna.reeves@the-etc.ac.uk
07436795883
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000320395.
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Closes in 30 days (Sunday 15 June 2025 at 11:59pm)
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