Secondary Higher Level Teaching Assistant Apprentice - Oasis Academy Hadley

OASIS COMMUNITY LEARNING

London (EN3 4PX)

Closes in 13 days (Monday 13 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

Posted on 29 September 2025

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Summary

The purpose of this role is to provide higher level assistance to students with additional needs supporting the work of teachers and other support staff and to provide cover for absent teachers.

Wage

Competitive

Competitive wage offered

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£9.30 per hour, Pro-rata salary

Training course
Specialist teaching assistant (level 5)
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8.00am to 4.00pm, 37 hours per week, term time only.

37 hours a week

Start date

Saturday 1 November 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

  • To contribute to the provision for students within a faculty or Phase
  • To contribute to the raising of the achievement of Additional
    Educational Needs (AEN) students and support them in making
    expected or better progress
  • To provide cover for absent teachers
  • To promote and safeguard the welfare of children you come into
    contact with

1. Strategic Development and Academy Development: 

  • Responsible, as a member of staff, for promoting and developing a positive culture and to ensure diversity within the Academy community is recognised and respected
  • Raise student achievement by developing outstanding practice in liaison with the class teacher
  • Contribute to the development of the Academy’s vision, values, and aims and to abide by agreed professional behaviours and attitudes

2. Curriculum activities:

  • Work closely with the assistant SENCO, LSAs, and class teachers to ensure high quality support is given to AEN students in a designated faculty
  • Liaise with faculty staff regarding issues affecting students with AEN and production of resources to support learning, assessment, and revision
  • Be a lead professional in supporting students with AEN and participate in the training and induction of LSAs
  • Keep records of student progress and intervention work
  • Assist with the review of Student Support plans, EHCP and PSPs  as required
  • Support students with Access Arrangements in Academy and public examinations tests as required
  • Provide cover for absent teachers in the designated faculty area or phase and in other areas of the Academy if required

3. Student Well-being:

  • Build and maintain close and secure relationships with students, ensuring that their care, health and well–being are always promoted
  • Provide minor first aid treatment. Following appropriate training,  assist students with feeding or breathing difficulties, epileptic seizures, diabetes, or other immediate physical needs
  • Support the induction process for children and families, which may include home visits with another member of staff as required
  • Assist in the physical management of individual students
  • Work with individual and groups of students to encourage them to achieve greater independence and self-confidence
  • Assist with lunchtime clubs in the Inclusion area
  • Look after children who are upset or have had accidents
  • Help with escorting students on educational visits and participate in extra-curricular activities as required
  • Develop positive partnerships with parents and carers


4. Key Person Role (where appropriate to Phase): 

  • Be the Key Person for an assigned group of children
  • Keep observational records of key children and use them to inform planning and maintain a record of the child’s day. Share with parents and other practitioners within the setting as appropriate
  • Be responsible for monitoring and reporting to parents on the progress of key children, under the direction of a class teacher

5. General:

  • Attend training including the Academy’s Training Days
  • Attend team meetings
  • Carry out routine administrative tasks
  • Participate in the Academy’s Performance Management process

Where you'll work

Oasis Academy Hadley South Street
Ponders End
Enfield
London
EN3 4PX

Training

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

Training provider

LET ME PLAY LIMITED

Training course

Specialist teaching assistant (level 5)

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What you'll learn

Course contents
  • Act in line with policies, processes, and procedures related to statutory frameworks and non-statutory guidance, including safeguarding, implementing the setting’s behaviour policy.
  • Establish a safe, stimulating and nurturing environment for learners.
  • Establish nurturing, effective working relationships with learners, parents or carers and stakeholders.
  • Demonstrate understanding of equality and diversity and sustainable development.
  • Undertake dynamic risk assessment of the learning environment.
  • Respond to and mitigate potential hazards that may adversely affect a learning environment.
  • Contribute to the planning of learning and assessment activities.
  • Apply teaching strategies to advance learning, for example scaffolding.
  • Select and use safely, appropriate equipment and resources to advance learning.
  • Apply an appropriate range of assessment methods, including formative, summative and individual needs-based assessments.
  • Analyse assessment outcomes to inform reporting and future planning.
  • Provide ongoing feedback to learners and support them to respond to feedback.
  • Record and report information related to learners’ progress to a range of stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with colleagues and other professionals.
  • Advocate for and champion the needs of learners.
  • Use a range of research to critically evaluate teaching and assessment approaches and practices.
  • Critically evaluate a variety of teaching and assessment methods depending on the learning environments and learners’ needs.
  • Improve own practice by undertaking continuous self-reflection including seeking and responding to feedback from varied sources.
  • Update and maintain their own knowledge and skills as part of managing their own continuing professional development.
  • Communicate information and analysis in a variety of forms to reflect the needs of the audience, for example by providing appropriate advice and guidance to parents or carers.
  • Support the development of effective practices in others, for example through mentoring and coaching colleagues.
  • Identify, action, and challenge issues and undertake difficult conversations where appropriate.
  • Recognise signs of vulnerability in self or colleagues and the appropriate actions required to minimise risks to professional well-being.
  • Implement strategies to support the social and emotional well-being of learners.
  • Select and use technologies safely and effectively to promote learning.
  • Prioritise and manage own workload, for example recognising the importance of capacity.
  • Implement national and local SEND policy, practices, processes, and procedures.
  • Apply approaches to the assessment and early identification of SEND.
  • Apply strategies to adapt provision and practices to support learners with SEND.
  • Implement national and local policies, practices, processes, and procedures related to social and emotional well-being.
  • Identify and signpost learners in need of social and emotional well-being intervention.
  • Apply strategies to support the social and emotional well-being of learners.
  • Implement national and local policies, practices, processes, and procedures related to the specific curriculum provision.
  • Adapt planning and assessment to support learning and progress in the specific area of curriculum provision.
  • Support colleagues by advocating for the specific curriculum provision.
  • Act in line with policies, processes, and procedures related to statutory frameworks and non-statutory guidance, including safeguarding, implementing the setting’s behaviour policy.
  • Establish a safe, stimulating and nurturing environment for learners.
  • Establish nurturing, effective working relationships with learners, parents or carers and stakeholders.
  • Demonstrate understanding of equality and diversity and sustainable development.
  • Undertake dynamic risk assessment of the learning environment.
  • Respond to and mitigate potential hazards that may adversely affect a learning environment.
  • Contribute to the planning of learning and assessment activities.
  • Apply teaching strategies to advance learning, for example scaffolding.
  • Select and use safely, appropriate equipment and resources to advance learning.
  • Apply an appropriate range of assessment methods, including formative, summative and individual needs-based assessments.
  • Analyse assessment outcomes to inform reporting and future planning.
  • Provide ongoing feedback to learners and support them to respond to feedback.
  • Record and report information related to learners’ progress to a range of stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with colleagues and other professionals.
  • Advocate for and champion the needs of learners.
  • Use a range of research to critically evaluate teaching and assessment approaches and practices.
  • Critically evaluate a variety of teaching and assessment methods depending on the learning environments and learners’ needs.
  • Improve own practice by undertaking continuous self-reflection including seeking and responding to feedback from varied sources.
  • Update and maintain their own knowledge and skills as part of managing their own continuing professional development.
  • Communicate information and analysis in a variety of forms to reflect the needs of the audience, for example by providing appropriate advice and guidance to parents or carers.
  • Support the development of effective practices in others, for example through mentoring and coaching colleagues.
  • Identify, action, and challenge issues and undertake difficult conversations where appropriate.
  • Recognise signs of vulnerability in self or colleagues and the appropriate actions required to minimise risks to professional well-being.
  • Implement strategies to support the social and emotional well-being of learners.
  • Select and use technologies safely and effectively to promote learning.
  • Prioritise and manage own workload, for example recognising the importance of capacity.

Training schedule

  • You will work towards your Level 5 Specialist Teaching Assistant qualification across a total duration of 18 months!

  • Training provider:LMP Group: https://lmp-group.co.uk/

  • All online/remote learning, no classroom or college day release

  • An allocated tutor will support you throughout the apprenticeship!

More training information

  • The Level 5 Specialist Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship programme provides a comprehensive level of knowledge and skills to support Teaching Assistants progress their career and specialise in a certain area
  • You will supports the education of learners by providing specialist support
  • You will plan, implement, and adapt activities in order to advance learning
  • You will develop a critical understanding of their specialist area.
  • You will establish relationships with learners, families, other professionals and external agencies.
  • You will evaluate learning and assessment activities and support the training and development of others within their specialist area
  • On this programmes there are 14 core duties and 6 specialist duties. You will need to decide on your specialist pathway at the beginning of the programme

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE in:

  • English (grade 4)
  • Maths (grade 4)

A Level in:

Teaching Assistant (Level 3) (grade Pass)

Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • IT skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Team working
  • Creative
  • Initiative
  • Non judgemental
  • Patience

Other requirements

Next steps & Pre-employment checks (Permitting you’re eligible for the role) Please expect to receive contact from our LMP Education Recruitment team, to discuss your application further. You will be required to complete an application form as part of Oasis Academy's safer recruitment process Additionally, please be aware that upon a successful offer of employment, DBS checks and references will be obtained as part of your enrolment.

About this employer

Hadley is an all-through family school, where children at every key stage from ages 2 to 19 learn well and make great progress. We pride ourselves on being inclusive and championing the gifts and talents of every individual. The happiness, care and wellbeing of all our children is central to our approach and enables everyone at Hadley to thrive in a safe and secure environment. We have an established culture of high expectations, where children are taught well and encouraged to develop both academically and culturally. Having such a well-rounded learning experience is central to our purpose as it is this that enables our children to be aspirational for themselves, their families and their community.

After this apprenticeship

Future opportunities for progression.

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The contact for this apprenticeship is:

LET ME PLAY LIMITED

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000344171.

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Closes in 13 days (Monday 13 October 2025 at 11:59pm)

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