Apprentice Teaching Assistant
Woodlands Primary School
About the Role
<p>Woodlands Primary School has an exciting opportunity for an ambitious, talented and caring candidate to join our team as an apprentice teaching assistant. This role will be based in Reception.</p>
Purpose:
To empower everyone in our community, especially the most disadvantaged, to succeed.
Key responsibilites:
Support for pupils:
- Supervise and provide particular support for pupils, including those with special needs, ensuring their safety and access to learning activities
- Assist with the development and implementation of individual education/behaviour plans and personal care programmes
- Establish constructive relationships with pupils and interact with them according to individual needs
- Promote the inclusion and acceptance of all pupils
- Encourage pupils to interact with others and engage in activities led by the teacher
- Set challenging and demanding expectations and promote self-esteem and independence
- Provide feedback to pupils in relation to progress and achievement, under guidance of the teacher
- Assist with the supervision of pupils out of lesson times, including before and after school and at lunchtime
- Accompany teaching staff and pupils on visits, trips and out of school activities as required and take responsibility for a group under the supervision of the teacher
Support for teachers:
- Create and maintain a purposeful, orderly and supportive environment, in accordance with lesson plans and assist with the display of pupils’ work
- Use strategies, in liaison with the teacher, to support pupils to achieve learning goals
- Assist with the planning of learning activities, including admin support e.g. photocopying, typing, filing
- Monitor pupils’ responses to learning activities and accurately record achievement/progress as directed
- Provide detailed and regular feedback to teachers on pupils’ achievement, progress, problems etc.
- Promote good pupil behaviour, dealing promptly with conflict and incidents in line with established policy and encourage pupils to take responsibility for their own behaviour
- Establish constructive relationships with parents/carers
- Undertake marking of groups of pupils’ work
Support for the curriculum
- Undertake structured and agreed learning activities/teaching programmes, adjusting activities according to pupil responses
- Undertake programmes linked to local and national curriculums.
- Support the use of ICT in learning activities and develop pupils’ competence and independence in its use
- Prepare, maintain and use equipment/resources required to meet the lesson plans/relevant learning activity and assist pupils in their use
General/other
- Attend and participate in relevant meetings, training and events as required
- Contribute to the overall development of our school and Mercia Learning Trust, ensuring both operate because of shared and collective responsibility, including, contributing to trust partnership activities to drive school and trust improvement
- All schools in Mercia Learning Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. Therefore, all employees are expected to share this commitment
- Be aware of and comply with the codes of conduct, regulations and policies of the school and its commitment to equal opportunities
- Any other delegated roles as directed by the headteacher
- A satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) Check
- A satisfactory online search check
- Two satisfactory references, including one from current employer (if applicable)
- An ability to cope with the demands of the role
- Right to Work, verification of your right to work in the UK
- Additional checks in line with Keeping Children Safe in Education (KCSIE)
- Teaching Assistant Level 2, Teaching Assistant Level 3
About the Training
Your training plan, the training you will be getting:
- Level 3 Teaching Assistant
- The apprenticeship training will be provided through online learning
- Training and development will take place in the workplace at Woodlands Primary School
About the Employer
Mercia Learning Trust Mercia Learning Trust is a successful partnership of four primary and three secondary schools located in the south-west of Sheffield. Established in 2012, with one secondary school, our trust has grown to serving over 5000 pupils, with 650 staff. Why do we exist? • To empower everyone in our communities, especially the most disadvantaged, to succeed. How do we behave? • We are kind - showing care and supporting each other. • We have integrity - doing the right thing and always putting children first. • We work with diligence - overcoming obstacles and having no excuses. What do we do? • We run schools that focus on academic excellence, cultural capital and the development of character. How will we succeed? • A culture of excellence – high standards shaped by clarity, not control. • Academic focus – empowering all children through an exceptional curriculum. • Purposeful collaboration – relationships built on trust, reducing sub-optimisation and driving collective success. Our staff are a crucial part of our trust, just like our pupils. We are devoted to recruiting, training, retaining and taking good care of our highly skilled and dedicated team.
Woodlands Primary School
Woodlands Primary School is a 2-form entry primary and nursery for children aged 2-11 in a vibrant South Sheffield community. This popular and over-subscribed school has around 500 pupils. In February 2022, Ofsted graded our school as strongly Good.
Skills Required
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Number skills
- Team working
- Initiative
- Non judgemental
- Patience
Training Provider
TRAIN TOGETHER LIMITED
Course/Training
Teaching assistant (level 3)