Teaching Assistant Apprentice
North Leamington School
Warwickshire
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- Expired
- Salary:
- £11,843 per annum (in year 2 £11,843 or national minimum wage, dependent on age, if higher)
- Job type:
- Part Time, Fixed Term
- Start date:
- Sept 2024
- Apply by:
- 15 April 2024
Job overview
Teaching Assistant Apprentice
Salary: £11,843 per annum
(in year 2 £11,843 or national minimum wage, dependent on age, if higher)
31.67 hours (31 hrs 40 mins) per week Term-Time Only + 1 week (39 weeks)
Fixed Term Contract – 2 years then reviewed
Start Date: September 2024 – August 2026
North Leamington School is part of the Elm Tree Multi Academy Trust and this role is part of our excellent IEN team, working closely with the Teachers, the Associate SENCo and the SENCo in a supportive role.
You will be enthusiastic, flexible, able to demonstrate a calm and steady manner and have great communication skills. You will enjoy working as part of a team and want the very best for our students. This exciting opportunity will suit individuals looking to start, professionalise or retrain in their career, working in our Academy in a rewarding role. If you are committed to working with young people, particularly those with individual educational needs, and be a positive role model, we would welcome your application.
This apprenticeship allows you to specialise with the chance to professionally develop in this chosen field. We will support you to gain a Level 3 Teaching Assistant qualification, offering 20% off the job learning giving you time to complete your studies, whilst gaining valuable work experience alongside.
We are collaborating with Heart of England Training (HOET) for this L3 qualification. More information can be found by clicking on:
https://hoet.co.uk/apprenticeships-teaching-assistant/
You can also discuss the course directly with HOET if you would like to find out more.
We have a successful track record of supporting progression to higher levels or into teaching if this is of interest to you.
We are looking for someone who ideally has:
- GCSEs in English and Maths C/4 or above
- BTEC L3 or A Level equivalent
- Has excellent communication skills - verbally, in writing and is a good listener
- Has initiative and is compassionate
- Demonstrates professionalism and a willingness to learn
What we offer:
- A fantastic, friendly school environment in which to work
- A range of staff health and wellbeing resources and services, working together with a great team that offers guidance and mentoring
- A first-class commitment to developing individuals so that they reach their full potential, including a great start to a career in Education
- A fully funded qualification
- A generous pension scheme
The posts are based at North Leamington School and is building capacity in our Teaching Assistant Team. After successful completion of your apprenticeship, we will review further employment opportunities and/or the potential for higher-level development, dependant on your performance and funding allocation at that time. The anticipated pathway at the end of your L3 apprenticeship programme is to progress to Teaching Assistant Level 2.
Recent testimonies from our previous North Leamington School (NLS) Teaching Assistant Apprentices participants: -
From a Mentor:
The TA apprenticeship programme is a fantastic way to gain useful experience within an educational environment at NLS, gaining real work experience. Within the apprenticeship programme at NLS you will be learning and routinely practising, key skill sets in the physical setting of the classroom. There is plenty of support working closely with colleagues and professionals, along with personal online tutoring and a mentoring contact. The school will coordinate closely to ensure that you complete your apprenticeship successfully.
From an Apprentice:
The online training and day courses were a great way to prepare me for the job and they have helped me to feel more comfortable and secure within the role and throughout all the challenges. It has helped me find my own strategies and areas of expertise within the job and given me a wide range of knowledge about SEND.
The course gave me an in depth understanding of how pupils learn, how to support different learning needs and built my confidence for working in a school environment
Please see the Application Pack, L3 TA qualification summary, the job description and the person specification for full details regarding this role and note any offer of employment is subject to satisfactory enhanced DBS checks, references, online checks and the right to work in the UK.
Post Closes: 15th April 2024 @ 9am
Please note we may hold interviews as and when applications are received and we reserve the right to offer to candidates prior to the closing date. With this in mind, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
The Trust and its schools are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Attached documents
About North Leamington School
- North Leamington School
- Sandy Lane, Blackdown, Leamington Spa
- Warwickshire
- CV32 6RD
- United Kingdom
General Information and Introduction to North Leamington School
What is NLS and what does it stand for.....
NLS is a very happy school with high standards and expectations that lead to strong academic outcomes for all its learners. It is a place to be proud of, where every individual is valued for their unique contribution to the school. These successes are recognised and celebrated at every opportunity and every learner thrives.
We firmly believe that we are on our way to becoming an outstanding school in each way possible, including in relation to examination outcome: with performance consistently in the very top percentiles nationally, results have improved year-on-year and reflect tremendous teaching and learning and the concerted contributions of all our stakeholders - above all, of course, those of our fantastic students.
This ongoing success means we continue to be fully-subscribed, sending a very strong message to our local community that NLS is a hugely popular choice for parents and carers: indeed, we feel we are increasingly the institution of first-choice in the local area. That said, we understand the value of collaboration and are an outward-facing school in the sense that we work with a range of other local schools and services. Our status as an International School and as an Eco School is also of real importance and testimony to how we understand the need not to stand in isolation and to continually strive for ever-greater individual and collective success.
We look forward to working with existing, but also new parents and carers, to continue to build strong, supportive partnerships that continue to move the school forward in such an exciting, successful direction.
We are passionate in our desire that every student at the school has the best possible learning experience, to develop the skills and abilities needed to be successful in life. We are fortunate to have a school which is a state-of-the-art, non-selective, 11-18 comprehensive school, complete with 21st Century educational and recreational facilities. We deliver outstanding teaching and learning in this wonderful environment, where students develop the ability to be resilient, resourceful, reflective individuals who work collaboratively to reach their full potential, and who are equipped with the skills, knowledge and qualities needed for success in the rapidly changing world in which they live.
We understand the pressures associated with the demands of the “real world”, as well as those linked to our high academic standards. We care about all of our students and support and challenge them throughout their seven years at the school, so that they feel confident, safe and happy and can use this as a springboard for success. All students have a Tutor Group led by their Form Tutor which is a key part of supporting their personal development. These Tutor Groups are year based so that students receive age appropriate provision.
We encourage everyone to take individual responsibility for the school’s collective success and actively encourage all stakeholders to work together for the benefit of all.
Our students are the future, and we give them opportunities to develop their leadership skills and to act as role models possessing CORE values. This is the message of the school’s Code of Conduct, and is also embedded in our commitment to those World Class Basics which underpin all the academic successes, as well as the more holistic development of the whole person. We enable all our students to become active members of local communities but also positive global citizens of the future.
In short: we strongly believe in Commitment, Opportunity, Respect and Excellence (CORE), for all and in all that we do.
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