Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship

Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship – Ark Tindal Primary Academy

 

We are looking for an enthusiastic and hard-working individual to join Ark Tindal Academy. As a Teaching Assistant Apprentice, you will gain many new skills to help you develop throughout the apprenticeship. If you are looking to start a career apply now!

 

Key Details

 

Salary: £8 per hour

Working hours: Monday to Thursday: 8am – 3:45pm & Friday:  8am – 3:30pm (term time only) 36 hours per week

Location: Tindal Street, Balsall Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B12 9QS

Apprenticeship Details - 16 months expected duration to complete, working towards your Level 3 Teaching Assistant Qualification. (All learning is delivered online/ remote). 

Training Provider: LMP Education (rated 1st best UK training provider)

 

During your time as a Teaching Assistant Apprentice, you will be part of a team delivering highly effective teaching and learning to ensure that pupils achieve the excellent academic results of which they are capable. You will be a role-model both in the Academy and for the community, having impact in school and beyond. Your day-to-day duties will include:

• Support all vulnerable children and act as Key Worker to pupils with Special Educational Needs.
• Work with pupils on an individual and/or small group basis, in and out of lessons
• Plan and implement strategies to ensure pupils with Special Educational Needs are able to access the curriculum.
• Develop resources for pupils with SEN.
• Support staff members in creating an effective and safe learning environment, by following risk assessments, personal evacuation plans and school policy and procedure.
• Work with teachers to assess the needs of individual children, implement Education, Health and Care Plans, School Support Provision Plans, Individual Learning Plans, Pupil Passports and Individual Behaviour Plans and monitor their use and effectiveness.
• Follow advice given by professionals to tailor the curriculum to meet the needs of pupils with Special Educational Needs.
• Deliver language programmes, as advised by Speech and Language Therapists, to enhance early language and communication skills.
• Provide structured daily opportunities for turn taking, use of objects of reference and task analysis to ensure tasks are broken down and there is opportunity for over learning.
• Support pupils with Special Education Needs with self- help skills and toileting.
• Ensure the safety of pupils who, due to Special Educational Needs, may lack an awareness of danger.
• Support pupils on an individual and/or small group basis at break and lunchtimes, both when eating and in the playground with appropriate activities.

Desired skills:

• Achieved GCSE grade C/4 or above in English & Maths
• First aid training/qualification
• Some experience of working with young people in either a paid or voluntary capacity

Personal qualities:

• Enthusiastic, and have an interest in working with children
• A team player
• Reliable, committed, and punctual
• Professional, organised, and attention to detail
• Confidence in your own ability to want to learn and develop

 

About the Employer

Ark Tindal Primary Academy is a welcoming and inclusive primary school in Birmingham, part of the Ark Schools network. The academy is committed to providing high‑quality education, strong pastoral care and high expectations so that every child can succeed. Ark Tindal values teamwork, professionalism and continuous learning, making it a supportive environment for apprentices to develop skills, gain experience and positively impact pupils’ learning and wellbeing.

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