Teaching Assistant Apprenticeship

Teaching Assistant Level 3 Apprenticeship – Chalkwell Hall Junior School

We are looking for an enthusiastic and hard-working individual to join Chalkwell Hall Junior School. 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 (increases to NMW after 12 months)

Working hours: Monday 9am – 3pm, Tuesday 7.30am – 3pm, Wednesday 9am – 6pm, Thursday 9am – 6pm, Friday 9am-3pm - 32 hours per week (term time only) 25 hours in class and 7 hours at Our Conkers Breakfast and After School Club

Location: London Road, Chalkwell, Leigh-on-sea, SS9 3NL

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)

As an apprentice you will assist the Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher, Extended School Clubs Manager and Teachers by carrying out non-teaching tasks in relation to the classroom activities of the children. Your day-to-day duties will include:

Support for pupils

• To work with individual children or small groups of children on various aspects of the social and academic curriculum under the guidance of teachers.


• To attend to children’s personal needs to include help with social and health training and simple first aid.


• To help build children(s) confidence.

Support for the teacher(s)/extended school club Manager

• Simple creation, repair and maintenance of teaching aids and apparatus.


• To help reinforce learning. · To help supervise play activities and tidying up.


• To have formal meetings with teachers to enable planning and preparation for lessons.


• Where appropriate to act as liaison between students and the teacher.
  
  

Support for the school

• To assist with activities outside the classroom to include supervising children visiting places outside school, in playgrounds, dining areas or as required.


• To be aware of school policies and procedures, including those relating to confidentiality.

Support with the curriculum

• To be involved in activities which will promote the inclusion of children with special needs and EAL within the class.


• Such other duties allocated at the discretion of the Headteacher, Deputy Headteacher, Inclusion Manager, Extended Schools Manager or Teachers to meet the needs of pupils and the circumstances of the school, commensurate with the grade of post.

Desired skills:

• Achieved GCSE grade C/4 or above in English & Maths


• We are looking for someone who is:


• Ambitious for their own career development


• Passionate about personal development and all children having opportunities beyond the classroom


• Organised and can with multiple pupils


• Able to communicate well with others, written and verbally


• Committed to a high-quality educational offer


• Able to adapt and respond to pupils needs


• Highly motivated and ambitious to thrive in the role


• Open to learn and will embrace learning opportunities


• Able to work as part of a team

About the Employer

We are a Junior school part of Tenacitas Trust, who pride ourselves on our warm and friendly atmosphere and seek to provide our pupils with the best education possible – one full of rich educational experiences and possibility. Our school motto is: ‘If we believe, we will achieve’. Our aim is to nurture, develop and prepare our students for the future and have sky high expectations of what they can achieve.

Our highly skilled, caring and dedicated staff work together to ensure that children at Chalkwell Hall achieve their full potential. We work closely together with all of our parents and carers, to ensure that children in our school receive the best outcomes possible in their learning and personal development.

It is important to us that the children are happy, confident, resilient and enjoy their learning

achieving a high level of success across a range of subjects and making the most of all the opportunities we have to offer. We (staff and children) aim to be better every day by showing our core values which are: Respect, Responsibility, Resilience, Co-operation, Creativity and Enquiry. We ensure that all learning is purposeful and linked to children`s own experiences so they are engaged, challenged and become highly effective problem solvers and communicators.

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