Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship – Ark Victoria Academy
We are looking for an enthusiastic and hard-working individual to join Ark Victoria 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: £8p/h increases to NMW after 12 months
Working hours: Monday - Thursday 8:00 - 3:45pm. Friday 8am - 3:30pm (term-time only) 36 hours per week
Location:
: Ark Victoria Academy, Small Heath Birmingham, B10 0HJ, Birmingham
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 undertake education support duties and assist the class teacher in the day to day needs of the pupils in their care, to enable the teacher to implement the curriculum and respond to the pupils’ needs. Your day-to-day duties will include:
- Support pupil learning through the delivery of specific learning programmes, setting high expectations whilst encouraging their independence and building their confidence
- Promote inclusion, encouraging pupils to interact and work collaboratively
- Work with the SENCO and other teachers to assess the needs of individual children, contribute to and implement Individual Education Plans
- Adapt and develop resources for EAL and SEND pupils, ensuring their safety and enabling them to access the curriculum
- Assist with follow-through for related services (speech/language/physical therapy etc.)
- Observe, record and feedback information of pupil performance
- Assist in creating materials for curriculum delivery and display boards
- Assist with whole class teaching, pupils' and achievement outside of the classroom, e.g. computer lab, library
- Supervise pupils in the nursery setting, playgrounds, lunchrooms etc and assist with general personal and pastoral care
- Accompany teachers and pupils on trips and out of school activities as required within contract hours, taking responsibility for pupils under the supervision of the teacher
- Complete intimate care
- Actively promote the safety and welfare of our children and young people
- Ensure compliance with Ark's data protection rules and procedures
- Liaise with colleagues and external contacts at all levels of seniority with confidence, tact and diplomacy
- Work with Ark Central and other academies in the Ark network, to establish good practice throughout the network, offering support where required
Desired skills:
- Achieved GCSE grade C/4 or above in English & Maths
- Experience establishing successful learning relationships with students at the relevant age, treating them consistently with respect and consideration
- Experience of the role of a TA including; classroom organisation and management, supporting the 2 planning and delivery of the curriculum, implementing behaviour and learning strategies
- Good working knowledge of the national curriculum
- Good numeracy and literacy skills
- Good administrative, organisational and computer skills
- Competent with computers and other technology
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 Victoria Academy provides pupils with an excellent education through an ambitious curriculum, personal development and character programme, and an extensive pupil experience and extra-curricular offer. Although we are a large school, we can retain a family feel, to nurture our pupils through their schooling and ensure that they flourish and leave us with the skills and qualifications necessary to continue their journey of life-long learning in a university or career of their choice.
Our school values and virtue pathways are crucial to our culture and ethos; they are also part of the way we work and learn together and have been instrumental to us on our school improvement journey. Our values of Ambition, Resilience and Kindness permeate our curriculum, our culture, school and our learning community.
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Skills Required
- GCSE grade C/4 or above in English and Mathematics
- Experience establishing successful learning relationships with students of the relevant age
- Experience performing teaching assistant duties, including classroom organisation, curriculum support, behaviour strategies, and learning strategies
- Working knowledge of the national curriculum
- Good numeracy and literacy skills
- Good administrative and organisational skills
- Competence with computers and other technology
- Interest in working with children
- Reliable, committed, and punctual
What We Do
LMP Group is a UK-based collective of three education-centric companies dedicated to inspiring ambition and widening horizons within the education industry. As an award-winning training provider, they specialise in delivering apprenticeships and funded training programmes across the education, early years, professional, and business sectors, providing alternative education, traineeships, and employability and upskilling solutions for schools, employers, and individuals across the UK.
